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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Ish Gebor: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [qb] ^ How is this exposing white supremacy? [/qb][/QUOTE]How it explains that no matter how good you do, how well you do as a black person, white supremacy will always see you as a nigga and that's that. The cartoon is amazing and it elaborates on the 4:44 video and vice versa. [/qb][/QUOTE]This is the lyric: [QUOTE] [Chorus] Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga Still nigga, still nigga Light nigga, dark nigga, faux nigga, real nigga Rich nigga, poor nigga, house nigga, field nigga Still nigga, still nigga [/QUOTE]VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM7lw0Ovzq0 ^ this does not illustrate the point you mention. It doesn't say anything about white supremacy. At the end where he says " Still nigga" he did not say "they still think you a nigga" Therefore he could be saying "I'm still a nigga" And in the song he makes no judgment about the word. And we know in Hip Hop Jay z voluntarily calls black people "niggas" so he sees his own people as "niggas" The sentence is incomplete there is no personal pronoun like "I'm" or "They" so the perspective is left out to be guessed in the chorus - but it's answered later And in the animation all the old stereotypes but there is nobody who is not black calling a black person a nigg** in the video Wait a minute, he says "I'm a field nigga" in the video "financial freedom is my only hope" "me and my niggas taking real chances" So the word is not rejected by the video. No the video is not a direct indictment of white supremacy. The message of the song is that the stereotypes are not going to change so we need to focus on getting money and property as the key to freedom. That is most certainly the message of the song, the opposite of what you think it is And that is reflected in the title and where he says "i'm not black I'm O.J." Similarly in the Nina Simone song that was sampled, the lyrics that were not sampled include: VIDEO Jay Z Story of O.J. Nina Simone, Four Women 1966 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRmzQ39sXTQ " My skin is black My arms are long My hair is woolly My back is strong Strong enough to take the pain Inflicted again and again What do they call me My name is AUNT SARAH My name is Aunt Sarah My skin is yellow My hair is long Between two worlds I do belong My father was rich and white He forced my mother late one night What do they call me My name is SAFFRONIA My name is Saffronia My skin is tan My hair is fine My hips invite you My mouth like wine Whose little girl am I? Anyone who has money to buy What do they call me My name is SWEET THING My name is Sweet Thing My skin is brown My manner is tough I'll kill the first mother I see My life has been too rough I'm awfully bitter these days Because my parents were slaves What do they call me My name is PEACHES" ______________________________ Jay Z's song is a comment on this It is the Nina Simone song where "they" is called out. The "they" is white supremacy. So where Nina Simone was getting angry about the oppression, Jaz Z's attitude is not angry, it's C'est la vie on racism, instead success is the best revenge and -own- the stereotypes I'm not saying that is wrong or right but that is the message coming from the jay Z song. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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