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Haha. Good point. Al Sharpton and Jess Jackson are riding off the good they used to do. Sometimes I am glad they’re there though i.e. Katrina.
My mistake on my comment. I guess I’d like to rephrase it. But to be fair, your argument of Yankee being a “an opportunistic douchebag who would do anything for a buck” has no “evidence to back up [the] assertion” just as much as mine does, therefore, your argument is just as weak as mine is. There simply isn’t enough in the article to go either way.
We clearly have different views of the situation in “the ghetto”, and it is pointless to argue over something that has such little to go off of. But yeah, I’m done with it too. Good debate while it lasted.
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Ok. Now who’s the one using red herrings? lol
I never said he was trying to effect change, I said there was the OPPORTUNITY to. So much of this would be avoided if you would just read more carefully.
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I don’t believe the article stated Daddy Yankee is “publicly approving” drug dealing. In the quote he refers to it as “not the right path”. Unless you’re trying to fit Daddy Yankee’s willingness to perform for any audience as “publicly approving drug dealing”, but that is really a stretch.
Now if his lyrics were condoning such acts, then there would be a basis for your argument, but I’m only going by the article, and there is no mention of it.
I guess I read like this. Rapper who is a “promoter of moral and family values” wants to perform for a demographic that is lacking moral values. The writer sees contradiction, but I see opportunity to change things.
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Well to be fair, you did not grow up in their shoes, in their lives. I’m NOT saying people aren’t responsible for their own actions. What I am saying is that perhaps people shouldn’t be so quick to judge people lives they’ve never lived.
Again point taken. I shouldn’t have brought up race. I shouldn’t have said “white” kids, but take that out and the point still stands. I NEVER said “white” kids wouldn’t be held accountable, I’m saying that the same people that sit here and criticize them would probably make the same choices if they grew up the way most of these people did. So maybe you’re the one that should stop making this argument about race.
But you’re right. We’ve both gotten off topic. So let’s get back on track then, Daddy Yankee, says he is willing to perform for people who are like the ones he grew up with. I mean, is that so fucked up? I mean think about it. His music is targeted towards that demographic so what would it look like if he turned his back on them? From even the article, it seems like he’s trying to weave in socially conscious messages with his music towards a population that obviously needs it, so what’s the problem, I guess is my question.
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I don’t see it as apologetic at all. I see it as an analysis on how and why the ghetto is created. I am quite honestly surprised this article has been written in such a way that places blame on the by-products of the society rather than the society itself.
But you are very right in saying that personal responsibility does of course play into factor. My point was not to dismiss that fact but rather add a balanced perspective on the issue. People can make the choices to better their lives through legitimate means despite social hardship, but it is a fact that those opportunities are limited and difficult to achieve. My point is that if white kids that grew up in the burbs were born in the ghetto, they’d probably make the same choices and go down the same path. People don’t choose what crib they’re born into.
And yes, some of my friends did choose that path, but please do tell me exactly how you can TELL me what their choices were? Are you that omnipresent that you can know the choices of lives you don’t live?
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