...who I honestly don't know anything about, but it sez in this extended interview
here that he worked for
The Source and has a book out called
The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture. The focus of the interview is more on his take regarding the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network and larger questions of civil rights and politics in America. Your thoughts?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
''What's the difference between a Cory Booker and a Ras Baraka? Why
do you think that Baraka makes a more appealing candidate? He still
hasn't won in Newark, whereas Booker was a councilman there. Sharpe
James defeated Booker, but it was a close race.
Booker did not appear as an authentic candidate -- not authentically
black, but authentic. He seemed handpicked. Ras has been in the
community, he's been a teacher for 10 years. He's visibly a part of
the hip-hop nation; he was featured on the Fugees album.''
What you just dug up is interesting. I suppose it's the old question
of whether politica and political movements mix.
I found the bit above interesting. Surely, the appropriate candidate
should be someone who is a good administrator, not someone who
demonstrates his 'hip-hop credentials' by making an appearance ina
fugees alb. Also he does not explain why booker apperared to
be 'handipicked' and it was disappointing taht the interviewer did
not pursue this.
''But, still, people have to start thinking out of the box. Booker is
a product of this generation. He might not be as close to the hip-hop
nation as Ras, but he could have tapped into hip-hop more. Booker had
some support from Queen Latifah at the end. If he had tapped into
that more, I think he would have won. Booker went to Stanford and
Yale -- the ability of people in our generation to do that is a
result of the civil rights generation. He's a little more polished
than what's seen as an authentic hip-hop voice but he's not an
aberration.''
he begins by saying that 'stars' obscure the real issue when it is
reported by the media but then he goes on to say, if he had used
Latifa's support he would have had a better chance.
― Julio Desouza, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
the above should say music (or rather the active participation
of 'stars' and so on) and politics mix.
― Julio Desouza, Monday, 22 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
whether politics and political movements mix = my secret favourite subject, nearly
― mark s, Tuesday, 23 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
that would have been v.interesting I agree. Sorry to cut the fun out
of yr life mark.
― Julio Desouza, Tuesday, 23 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)