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Hat tip to Rachel. “A video by five students at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University depicting ski-masked “hostage-takers” speaking in cartoonish Middle Eastern accents has drawn condemnations from local Muslim leaders.”
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“the weights of amateur female athletes are almost never published, in basketball or any other sport… many become vulnerable to what is called the female athlete triad: eating disorders, interrupted menstruation and osteoporosis.”
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Thanks Liam! “I’m relieved that this is out there. Amaechi has given everyone a reason to think about it, and acknowledge it. And now reporters will talk to NBA players and ask them about this kind of stuff. Could you play with a gay teammate? Have you pl
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“one of the more prominent practitioners of a bustling little underground hip-hop scene called “nerdcore,” a subgenre created by geeks for geeks… all of a sudden white rappers are enjoying a mainstream renaissance”
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
bertie wrote:
Regarding the white rap/nerdcore article. I think its a little trite to separate this genre along racial lines. I would argue that Lupe Fiasco, who is black and raps about comic books, anime, skateboarding, could be labeled nerd rap as well. And Pharoahe Monch, another black rapper who used to be in a group called Organized Konfusion has rhymed about computer technology, robotics, and other “esoteric” subjects way back in 1996. My point is this is nothing new, nor is it restricted to white rappers.
Its interesting how music is one of the few remaining areas (along with church services) were blatant segration is acceptable.
And why does the author compare underground white rappers to mainstream black rappers (like xhibit, Ice cube, etc). White rappers = nerdy, witty, esoteric, intelligent lyrics, and black rappers = gangsta sh@t. This seems like a false comparison. Why not compare underground white rappers to underground black, latino, and asian rappers. maybe then the subject matter would be the same.
Posted 09 Feb 2007 at 11:03 am ¶
Nadia wrote:
bertie- it’s the same as back when there was slight media interest in “emo hop” (ugh) and articles would mention atmosphere, eyedea, but never mention black artists that they work closely with like brother ali, blueprint. it’s kind of annoying that articles like these are written so often by people with no previous knowledge of the topic.
and did ya’ll see this piece of de beer’s damage control yet?: De Beers to create black run firm
Posted 09 Feb 2007 at 6:09 pm ¶