it is about race and culture. The whole "hip hop" movement and all it's violence and garbage.
I spent a long portion of my life growing up and witnessing the whole ghetto scene first hand. Vick is a representation of what I hate, and he just happens to be black. I'd be lying to you if I told you that I didn't judge him harsher because of his background. I'm honest enough to admit that. It's common sense to me.
I'm no racist. I don't hate people unless they give me a reason.
CJ is right.
When it is white or Japanese people wearing three sizes too big clothing, cherishing the "Gangsta" lifestyle, talking about "Pimpin'" and "Ho's"...
Then I find it equally disgusting and ridiculous.
It ain't cool. And it never was.
Ice T, Ice Cube and Snoop, Allen Iverson, aren't role models. They never were.
Chuck D is different IMO, and he was never a scum like the aforementioned.
The black community leaders, and those who becomes icons, have a great responsibility.
It is clear as a day that they have failed it miserably.
It's not about becoming Uncle Tom. It's about showing that black people, when getting rich, will act like regular blokes.
Tiger Woods is great on so many levels. He refuses to become some kind of stereotype Black male, still he will act firmly against racism, like when he used a Nike commercial to make a statement against Golf Clubs who still banned black members.
These are pretty harsh words, and generalizations, but generalisations are necessary when discussing tendencies.
Morgan Freeman is someone I think is a good icon, for both black and white.
None of that "brotha" BS from him. But he's very candid about opposing the Union flag and symbols of slavery. He's legit.