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...Tbsp. butter 1 cup fresh spinach greens, washed and dried 1 can of Spam, diced 1/4 cup scallions, chopped 6 eggs whisked 2 Tbsp. herb pesto (recipe follows) Salt and freshly cracked black pepper...
...Dried Tomatoes, small dice 1/4 cup Honey 1/4 cup White Wine Vinegar 1/4 Extra Virgin Olive Oil 3 Tbsp. Red Onion, Minced 2 Tbsp. Parsley, chopped 1 Tbsp. (optional) Fresh thyme, picked and chopped 1/2 Tbsp. Salt 1/2 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper...
Marinara 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 small onions, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1/2 tsp. sea salt 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper 2 (32-oz.) cans crushed tomatoes 2 dried bay leaves 2 Tbsp. chopped thyme 1 Tbsp. chopped rosemary 3 Tbsp. chopped basil
There's a long history of a particular pleasure in consuming the ideas of black-ghetto-excess dysfunction. It used to not be ghettoized in setting because black people weren't always urban people, but the same images can be found in American history for centuries. So this idea that a certain kind of sexual deviance or violent behavior defines black culture has had a huge market in commercial mainstream culture for at least 200 years. Also, sexist images, which hip-hop has a lot of, seem to do very well across the cultural spectrum. So sexuality and sexual domination...
...think it is disingenuous because they know that this isn't just about turning off one song. You would have to turn off all commercial black radio. You'd have to shut down all of your children's and your own investment in MTV, BET, VH1. You would basically have to unplug from society as a whole. So they know this is not going to happen. They know you're not going to do it because that means rejecting the entire system, not just a given artist. There's also this idea that parents need to watch their kids more...