Music May 28, 2014 at 4:00 am

My Philosophy

Macklemore, Racism, Madaraka Festival

Larry Mizell Jr.
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1
Get an editor.
You are incoherent and boring.
unregistered 9182 on May 30, 2014 at 6:41 PM Report this
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"A million fucked-up situations around the globe, decimating life, happiness, and the planet. Rape, kidnapping, genocide. Fires burning, water rising, drones flying......
Clearly, there's nothing more pressing than the stupid costume Macklemore wore for an appearance at EMP"

But a private phone call by an elderly Jewish man in which he asks his half century younger girlfriend not to bring her black boyfriends to the games is more important than all the above, no? On your twitter feed you sure seemed to think so.
hayden c on May 30, 2014 at 7:02 PM Report this
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Wouldn't it be great if the Stranger got a writer who was an flippant towards blacks and their sensitivities as Mizell and Mudede are towards Jews? Would never happen.
hayden c on May 30, 2014 at 7:03 PM Report this
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This essay is a lesson in passive-aggressiveness. He resents that people noticed insensitivity towards Jews and also resents that people didn't notice when he perceives as other insensitivities towards other groups by Macklemore. Well I resent listening to blacks whine and whine about any slight towards blacks then pooh-pooh the feelings of other groups.Who is a black man to tell Jews and Asians how we should feel about the racist hypocrasies in hip hop than affect us. How nice to blacksplain to the people. How about giving the mic to those affected rather then some black jerk like the author? When has the Stranger ever handed the mic to someone who had something critical to say about blacks on the left and wretched hypocrasies of the hip hop community and their laughable quest for "social justice"
on May 30, 2014 at 7:19 PM Report this
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Rap is like a set-up, a lot of games
A lot of suckers with colorful names
I'm so-and-so, I'm this, I'm that
Huh, but they all just wick-wick-wack
Per Bernstein on May 30, 2014 at 8:21 PM Report this
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See I'm telling, and teaching pure facts
The way some act in rap is kind of wack
And it lacks creativity and intelligence
But they don't care cause their company's selling it
Per Bernstein on May 30, 2014 at 8:30 PM Report this
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Apparently, some folks have trouble reading. The point is we should do something constructive instead of (or at least as well as) mostly failing to call people out on their racist or sexist bullshit. I thought it was pretty clear, and worth reading.
Post_Mortem on May 30, 2014 at 11:58 PM Report this
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Buddy, you are straying into anti-semitism there. Might want to give yourself a check-over. Also this is barely readable. Really disappointed to see this crap in one of my favorite papers.
olechka on May 31, 2014 at 1:54 AM Report this
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Also, if the director of the video is Chinese, isn't it kinda his battle to fight if he's offended by the Fu Manchu stereotype?

Kudos to you for mentioning Macklemore again, btw.
Casual_Observer on May 31, 2014 at 2:32 AM Report this
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@8 Classic. Any criticism of the State of Israel and suddenly you're Hitler II: Electric Boogaloo. Israel != Judaism.
zivilisierter Wurm on May 31, 2014 at 12:05 PM Report this
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Amen to finally calling out the "White Walls" video bullshit. That was creepy, the silence about it creepier.
Jen Graves on June 2, 2014 at 9:56 AM Report this
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Love your work, Larry. So on-point! Fuck these assholes and thank you.
cap_hill_chica on June 2, 2014 at 1:11 PM Report this

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