Friday, February 6, 2009

Hip Hop is Evil. Death Metal... not so much

Theme: Racism, Hypocrisy

Tom declares ALL rappers are Gangsters. According to Tom, Hip Hop
culture is the worst thing to happen to America. I certainly admit that
some but not ALL of Rap glorifies thug culture, pimping and other
undesirable elements. However, for Barnyard this is simply another
excuse to bash African Americans. If Barnard was genuinely concerned
about the well-being of blacks, we would hear something against Death
Metal. We would hear somethign about the drug culture of the classic
rock in the 60's and 70's that is played a THOUSAND times on Barnard's
station. The subject matter of death metal is just as bad as hip hop if
not worse. (It can't get worse than glorifying death right?) We never
hear about Death Metal or the violence in Heavy Metal such as
Metallica's "Kill 'em All". If Tom Barnyard is not racist, why the
double standard? I think the prejudicial treatment of these two genres
and the general demographic makeup of their respective creators is
conveniently coincidental.

Disclaimer: Metallica is awesome. Their example was used for
explanatory purposes.

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