Hip Hop Caucus
That title isn’t an effort on my part to be racially divisive regarding the Obama administration. No, such a thing actually exists. Their logo is blood spattered, to mimic a gunshot wound, which is wholly appropriate.
Anyone who hasn’t gone to great effort to purge the memory from their mind may remember hip hop “star” Ludacris (so spelled in order to keep urban populations as illiterate as possible) bringing out a “song” during the Obama campaign telling America to paint the White House black. Ludacris and other rappers are part of this so-called Hip Hop Caucus, founded in 2004, whose mission statement claims:
The mission of the Hip Hop Caucus is to work towards ending urban poverty for the next generation. We organize young people in urban communities to be active in elections, policymaking, and service projects. Our priority issues are Urban Poverty, Urban Planning, Climate Change, Healthcare, Public Education, and Criminal Justice.
They also state: Our work re-shapes how young people of color are viewed by the media, elected officials, and the public.
On that point I would say all of hip hop have been very successful in taking an already marginalized community and turning them into an organized band of thugs. Excellent work!
They are not a caucus that is officially affiliated with government, but they are a lobby group with not inconsiderable influence. For example:
The US rap star T.I., who has worked with a political lobbying group with growing influence in Washington, is to serve less than a year in jail after being convicted of illegal possession of machine guns.
This should not come as a surprise to anyone. The courts know which way the wind blows in an Obamanation. Take one criminally affiliated black man, install him in the highest office in the land via the illegal methods of ACORN and a willing liberal media. Surround him with tax cheats who have never faced a day in court for their crimes. Praise him for his integrity. And watch the country sink deeper and deeper into the mire.
Word.
No comments on this one yet, well let me be the first….I dooo loooove my hip hop. Rappers have been getting off easy in court for along time now. Instead of politics or race to be factors, I believe it’s got more to do with the millions he makes and the lawyers he can afford. Hell I’m surprised he actually got jail time. Johnnie Cochran could have got him off.
Comment by Terry — May 28, 2009 @ 12:34 am