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I just heard a little bit of the comments AK made about Tray 57 and I can't even be mad at Vic Mensa's anger.
I know very little about DJ Akademiks and I could be completely wrong but his tone comes across as condescending, patronizing and even culture vulture-ish in a strange way.
Even considering that it may be "satire", it sounds like someone speaking on a situation they know very little about and/or regurgitating popular talking points, jokes, and memes.
It's a big grievance I have with the national perception of black America and I'm kind of disappointed to hear it come from a black man with some presumable degree of influence
You can be from a ****** up urban environment and still have this be the case
Regarding your comments on West Indians, having a large chunk of my family be West Indians and having spent my childhood in a West Indian neighborhood: can't speak to outright "animosity" but I can acknowledge that there's a weird disconnect to be found between WI and AA, most prominently when the WI haven't been in this country for very long or depending on where they spent their formative years
I know very little about DJ Akademiks and I could be completely wrong but his tone comes across as condescending, patronizing and even culture vulture-ish in a strange way.
Even considering that it may be "satire", it sounds like someone speaking on a situation they know very little about and/or regurgitating popular talking points, jokes, and memes.
It's a big grievance I have with the national perception of black America and I'm kind of disappointed to hear it come from a black man with some presumable degree of influence
your parents worked hard to push you through college its nothing wrong with that just dont fake the funk
You can be from a ****** up urban environment and still have this be the case
Regarding your comments on West Indians, having a large chunk of my family be West Indians and having spent my childhood in a West Indian neighborhood: can't speak to outright "animosity" but I can acknowledge that there's a weird disconnect to be found between WI and AA, most prominently when the WI haven't been in this country for very long or depending on where they spent their formative years
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