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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...What do you hope to accomplish by eliminating the n-word? -Robert C. Smith in Garden City, NY I think people misunderstand the stance. It is crucial that rappers have the chance to express the truth that is in their heart. But I don't think that rappers are part of this debate. This debate is about corporations and other corporations. This debate is about the sponsors and the people who are concerned and the people who have a business to protect. But the artists' rights have to be protected. Sometimes America can go so far that people's rights...
...ostentatious consumption and misogyny become the norm for the hip-hop movement? -Carl Gauss, Venice, Calif.It is the norm for American culture. Hip-hop expresses things people won't say. You do it, listen to it and accept it. It's just when rappers express it, people are shocked...
...they make songs that don't put black people down in front of the world? -Sherman Gay, Los AngelesThey don't think they are putting themselves down. Hip-hop is so honest. We have to adhere to the truth, even if it makes us uncomfortable. The artists have to express what's in their heart. They don't always feel like being happy and dancing...
...There is very little a 21-year-old can do to protest the FBI,” she said yesterday. “This is one of the only opportunities I feel like I had to publicly express my dissent. So there is no way I would have used that one opportunity to say the FBI are murderers...
...allegations, University spokesman Joseph Wrinn wrote in an e-mail, “As a matter of policy when a case is pending, we do not publicly address the specifics of an incident. HUPD operates within the law and school policies and respects the rights of individuals to express their views.” HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano referred The Crimson to the University’s statement last night...