Hip Hop History Graffiti Is disliking "ghetto" or "hood" culture racist?
I got into a discussion with a coworker today. We were listening to the radio and that song Ridin Dirty came on, a few of us started discussing how songs like that are catchy but stupid and how the hip hop culture in the last ten years has offered nothing, outside of artists like Talib Kweli and Atmosphere, of any substance, besides maybe some good beats. That led to discussing gang mentality, how kids in our neighborhood think graffiti and drive by's and treating women like dirt makes them "hard", and how ghetto culture no matter who follows it, white, black, hispanic, asian, could be attributed to raising the crime rate. And how if these kids spent more time on things that matter like school, jobs, then our crime rate would decrease, people wouldn't have kids they couldn't afford to take care of, welfare, etc. This girl chimes in and says we're racist, that ghetto culture is an integral part of Blacks and their history. I said I dont care what color you are. Racist or no??
Not racist, realist. Usually when a person says you are racist like that, they have no comeback and know what you are saying is true.
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