Is rapper Common getting the racist treatment from the conservatives?

[The Backlash Cometh]

He was invited to the White House as one of the guests to a poetry reading and the right-wingers are up in arms because they claim the rapper doesn't represent American values.

Are they trying to do the dog whistle racism thing again?

Heard it on Cenk.

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[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Interesting.

Thanks for the info.

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[Bluenorthwest]

5. What is the number? How many and which Unions?

Thanks in advance.

[DFab420]

9. If this is true, then Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway

Should also be chastised for representing murders in a good light..

[DFab420]

13. One question about the Shakur shootings.

Are you going to mention she was shot in the back? Or the fact that gunpowder residue checks and fingerprints found she hadn't touched or fired a weapon?

"Neutron activation analysis administered after the shootout showed no gun powder residue on Shakur's fingers; her fingerprints were not found on any weapon at the scene, according to forensic analysis performed at the Trenton, New Jersey crime lab and the FBI crime labs in Washington, D.C.<152> According to tape recordings and police reports made several hours after the shoot-out, when Harper returned on foot to the administration building 200 yards (183 m) away, he did not report Foerster's presence at the scene; no one at headquarters knew of Foerster's involvement in the shoot-out until his body was discovered beside his patrol car, more than an hour later.<51>"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assata_Shakur

[pat fender]

24. Gee, she must have worn gloves, eh?

[Cid_B]

2. Also something about calling for the death of Bush...

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Wait. They invited Eric Clapton to the White House?

Shocking. Simply shocking.

[DFab420]

7. Obviously this means Obama is endorsing the use of heroin ...

[Erose999]

37. Well he does have a campaign challenge from Ron Paul...

[bbinacan]

6. No. Common is a thug.

Fuck him.

[DFab420]

8. You forgot the sarcasm tag?

[bbinacan]

10. No I didn't

Why would you think I need a sarcasm tag?

[DFab420]

11. Because you sounded like you had no idea what you were talking about

and I thought you were trying to be funny.

Apparently you just don't know.

Is he a thug cause he's a rapper? or a thug cause he's black?

[bbinacan]

18. A thug because of

what he says.

[DFab420]

27. OOhhh yea he sounds so scary and thuggish...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x582779

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[The Magistrate]

30. Hell, Son, Lots Of People Have Praised Folks Who Killed Police....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4YKUJZI5Bg

[DFab420]

16. No seriously tho. You should read this before attempting character assassination

Common used to maintain a vegan diet<19> and is a supporter of animal rights and PETA. He recently appeared in a print advertisement for PETA titled "Think Before You Eat".<20> Common is also part of the "Knowing Is Beautiful" movement, which supports HIV/AIDS awareness.<21> He is featured in the video for "Yes We Can", a song in support of the candidacy of Barack Obama, which made its debut on the internet on February 2, 2008. Common has pledged to stop using anti-gay lyrics in his music.<22><23>



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_(entertainer)


But he is obviously a thug.

[bbinacan]

17. Yep. n/t

[marmar]

35. Idiotic post of the day. ...... You clearly know nothing about Common.

He's a hip-hop artist, thus it must follow that he's a thug.

[Erose999]

36. I suppose I could say you're a thug for posting "fuck him" and not giving any examples of the

of your particular grievances with him.

I'm unfamiliar with Common's material, and the lack of any sort of statement in your post leads me to believe you probably are as well.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

12. Turns out Fox News actually praised this guy before (last year, in fact).

Courtesy of Media Matters: http://mediamatters.org/blog/201105100018

[DFab420]

14. I don't think it's just conservatives..

Some posts here regarding Common and his work smack of unwarranted ignorance and dog whistle racism .

[Fuzz]

15. First I saw it was on Hannity last night.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1079515

[riverwalker]

20. Laura Bush banned anti-war poets in 2003

the whole hub-bub about poets at WH reminded me.
http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/03/02/27_twichell.html

[Erose999]

38. Are there any poets who aren't "anti war", lol. Maybe thats why she had to have an event about

19th century poets, LOL.

[craigmatic]

21. Yeah pretty much Common is a pretty peaceful relaxed guy. Very little negativity from him.

They hate him because they hate hip hop. Most of them haven't even heard his cds.

[athenasatanjesus]

22. Attacking Hip hoppers is not racist.

I don't know anything about Common,or the songs that the NJ police are protesting,but I get sick of this type of primarily corporate music being passed off as black culture instead of just a type of music.

[edbermac]

23. Does a bear shit in the woods?

:shrug:

[Warren DeMontague]

25. Sounds like another tempest in a t-shirt.

:boring:

[Brigid]

26. Do dogs chase cats?

Here we go with this again. :eyes:

[Zax2me]

29. He isn't a fan of inter-racial marriage.

Not sure about his stance on inter-racial dating but he probably doesn't like that either.

[applegrove]

31. It is more than a dog whistle. It is a direct attack on somebody. Just sick!

[The Backlash Cometh]

32. This puts it all in perspective:

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/05/jon-stewart-raps-in-blistering-fox-news-takedown/

[hfojvt]

39. that was some funny sh*t right there

"I heard you shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die." and then Hannity posturing about Common after he had stood by his man, Teddy Nugent.

Not sure about the Cash lyrics though. First, those are some fairly obscure songs, and second, the lyrics might be taken out of context.

[The Magistrate]

40. 'Cocaine Bl;ues' is One Helluva Song, Sir

So bouncy, and so happy....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXPhARFzu_s

[Incitatus]

41. I don't see how you take this out of context

It's pretty clear to me



Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down
I went right home and I went to bed I stuck that lovin' 44 beneath my head

Got up next mornin' and I grabbed that gun took a shot of cocaine and away I run
Made a good run but I run too slow they overtook me down in Juarez Mexico

Late in the hot joints takin' the pills in walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill
He said Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown
You're the dirty hack that shot your woman down
Said yes oh yes my name is Willy Lee if you've got the warrant just aread it to me
Shot her down because she made me slow
I thought I was her daddy but she had five more

When I was arrested I was dressed in black
They put me on a train and they took me back
Had no friend for to go my bail they slapped my dried up carcass in that country jail

Early next mornin' bout a half past nine I spied the sheriff coming down the line
Talked and he coughed as he cleared his throat
He said come on you dirty heck into that district court
Into the courtroom my trial began where I was handled by twelve honest men
Just before the jury started out I saw the little judge commence to look about

In about five minutes in walked the man holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict read in the first degree I hollered Lordy Lordy have a mercy on me

The judge he smiled as he picked up his pin 99 years in the Folsom pen
99 years underneath that ground I can't forget the day I shot that bad bitch down
Come on you've gotta listen unto me lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be

[dionysus]

33. is that a rhetorical question?

;)

[malaise]

34. Is Pat Robertson a raving fundie

lunatic?
:evilgrin:

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

42. Sarah Palin is a racist bitch

That's my take.