Word: ghettoes
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Operating under the assumption that they must "study" the "ghetto mentality" before releasing control over public resources, whites are often wary of Black community control...
There is no ghetto mentality. Blacks from all economic and social classes are capable of undertaking the task of restructuring their surroundings--and they are the only ones who really know...
...retains the glib salesman's tendency to reduce complex realities to catchy slogans. In the old days, he advocated, as a cure for poverty, teaching the Boy Scout Oath -- to do my best, to do my duty, to God and to my country -- to every child in the ghetto. Let's face it, it's not sufficient...
...ways to market the rap phenomenon. In the works at his TV and film company are The Johnson Posse, a sitcom Simmons describes as "Married . . . with Children in the projects"; The Clown Prince, a comedy for Tri-Star Pictures about a white youngster who grows up in a black ghetto and has trouble fitting in at a predominantly white college; and a syndicated radio network that will transmit hip-hop music via satellite to AM stations around the country. Earlier this year, Simmons made his first venture into print, teaming up with Jones and Time Warner to create Volume...
...wait. With its reliance on profanity and lyrics that often demean women, disparage nonblacks or celebrate violence, doesn't rap seem to glorify the worst aspects of ghetto culture? Not necessarily, says Simmons. He dissociates himself from the misogynistic and racist statements his rappers make. The president of his company is a woman. During the uproar three years ago over anti-Semitic statements made by Professor Griff, then a member of Public Enemy (later severed), Simmons condemned Griff. Nevertheless, he steadfastly defends the right of his performers to have their say and to say it however they want...