I've blogged on this song before but the link has since died. The song is "Split Personality" by the alternative hip-hop group Basehead. The jam is topical because of the St. Patrick's Day line but when I listen to the lyrics as a whole they definitely have a pre-Obama feel. I don't mean we are in a "post-racial era", that's a myth... but if a brother can be president then dealing with double-consciousness is more a balance beam than a tightrope.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
"my pride is racist people say, but no one minds st. patrick's day"
I've blogged on this song before but the link has since died. The song is "Split Personality" by the alternative hip-hop group Basehead. The jam is topical because of the St. Patrick's Day line but when I listen to the lyrics as a whole they definitely have a pre-Obama feel. I don't mean we are in a "post-racial era", that's a myth... but if a brother can be president then dealing with double-consciousness is more a balance beam than a tightrope.
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Peace Be Unto Those Who Follow Right Guidance.
In counter-Racist terms, President Obama is the "yard nigger" clerk at the counter. A black man [=boy under contemporary conditions of global Racism/White Supremacy] in The White House only confuses victims of WS/R [=non-white people].
Replace WS/R With Justice.
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Peace
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