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Um, yeah. That's kind of my point. Saying that a rapper celebrating his and the president's blackness proves politics is not 'post-racial' is like pointing to 'House' as an illustration of medical ethics and practice.
posted by
mousehop
on January 25, 2009 at 1:23 PM
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mouse, rappers are not 'representative of the state of political philosophy'! In fact, I am not sure what the current state of political philosophy is! Are you? Sheeesh!
Rappers are popular because they express people's feelings! It's not an 'intellectual' enterprise at all, the kind cartoonists are usually engaged in. And whether or not they carry more weight depends on whom you ask...
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Nautikos
on January 24, 2009 at 8:08 PM
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So, um, a rapper as representative of the state of political philosophy? Even cartoonists carry more weight.
posted by
mousehop
on January 24, 2009 at 12:25 PM
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Black people are hanging on his coat-tails.
posted by
mordent
on January 24, 2009 at 9:43 AM
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It would be nice if race just became a non-issue.
posted by
BetsyLewis
on January 24, 2009 at 7:51 AM
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Corbin
Sadly, for many people it was always about race, and always will be...
posted by
Nautikos
on January 24, 2009 at 6:04 AM
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