In any event, while I do understand the notion of personal responsibility, I do think problems should be seen in totality. As in, while it’s not a white man waiting in the bushes with a choppa, there are policies in place that create the kind of environment that ultimately produces such crime. And you know, it’s about time people understood the difference between prejudice and racism in practice. Wait, I’m trying to make sense of Lil’ Boosie. Have I gone too far?
Let me just say this: Even if a celebrity knows about as much about institutional racism, economic inequality, or the prison industrial complex as much as an eighth grade algebra textbook does, the sad reality is their opinion will matter to many for the simple fact that they are famous. Yes, no matter how simple, it will still matter. Suffice to say, I’m worried about Lil’ Boosie’s trap version of respectability politics. What’s even worse than Boosie’s logic is the reality that a bunch of Black people straddling a little bit above or far below the poverty line also feels this way.
Lil Boosie Says We’re The Worst Race In The World And We Feel Disrespected was originally published on theurbandaily.com
