You know better....

For years society, mainly America, has dealt with many double standards, with two of the most debated being sexuality and racism. In any academic setting, you can always hear students banter about the roles of men and women. "If a man sleeps with 10 women in month, he is a legend. If a woman does the same, she is labeled a whore." Well, both of them will be remembered, for spreading or dying of some sexually transmitted disease that cannot be cured. One can be walking to the restroom and can fall into that conversation but matters of race are still taboo as we inch closer to th inauguration of the first African-American president.

I have been told a few times that black people do not have the ability to be racist. Black poeple do indeed have the mental and emotional capacity to hate people because of thier race, disregrading a persons character. I have seen it time and time again in music. African American artists can say whatever they may like about other races of people, but as soon as some one thinks that a quote heard in the media has a racial inuendo, all hell breaks loose.

As an African American male, I have been discriminated against, sterotyped, degraded, and ridiculed. But that is not reason to hate someone else or ignorantly stereotype others because of my heartache. It is my duty to look genuinely in someone's eyes and treat them with the respect that they deserve, regardless of what their skin color/nationality may SEEM to respresent.

With that said, Busta Rhymes you know better. You are a pioneer in hip hop. I know getting "Arab Money" is another way of saying that you would like to have alot of money, but you should take into consideration of the stereotypes that you are perpertuating with this video.




Until next time...Find your swank. Think insane. Be urbane.