"Find yourself in Heaven and God, find yourself in heaven and God. "
Ghetto heaven~Common f/ D'Angelo
In case yall didn't know it, I appreciate that man so much. He is one of the few true voices of hip-hop, he's down for the community...he's an all around great person. I've had the opportunity of meeting him before (and I look forward to many more encounters). I met him May 24, 2005 in Richmond, VA at Plan 9, I wrote a poem for him summing up his whole career including the new album. He actually took time out to read it right there in front of me, my head could have exploded right that...that one action says a lot about his character and the way he views and appreciates his fans. Yea...I love em'. :o>
I was on OKP today, I am a er'day, "What's on OKP" head, when I saw the lovely picture you see above. I decided to go to the artist page to visit Common. On one of the boards, this female who happened to be German with an African boyfriend wrote a comment about Com's views on interacial relationships. Her statement went something like this:
" i really love commons music and his lyrics, as far as i´m able to understand it, ´cause i´m german. but to hear that he´s mad about men who´re together with white women hurts me, because my boyfriend is from simbabwe and i love him so much.
i guess common should have express himself in a more differentiative (hope this is the right term)way in this case, because it sounds very intolerant to me.
and i appreciate him so much because of emphasizing love and social critisism in his songs.
i think you got a special situation in the us. and there are lots of issues to discuss about the relationship between african- and european-descendants all around the world..."
My question is this...would it matter if Common didn't approve of Asians and Africans or African Americans, or Hispanics and Africans or African Americans or Indians and Africans or African Americans? Would it matter if it were any other race beside European? On a personal level, I feel that love is love with the person you find it with regardless of their color, however, if you single out one race...especially your own...saying that you can't be with someone in your own race because they are "too ghetto" or "too proper" whatever, then that...makes you wrong. I wondered about that female, what bothers her? What makes her ticked off? Is she really cool with everyone dating everyone or is it just because it affects "her race"?
Often times it seems that people don't really pay attention to a situation unless it directly affects them. Guess that's where my heart enters the picture because I am concerned about a number of things that don't involve me, yet and still, I try to find a solution. For example, single fathers that aren't eligible for government support, I'd like to create a service that equates to the services single mothers receive. I am not a man, nor am I a single father but, I cannot stand by and watch good fathers get jerked by the system. **There are many other things I'd like to change but it's late and my brain isn't very focused right now.**
At any rate, I guess what I am trying to say is it seems like people only mostly care when something concerns them. They don't look at the broader spectrum which in turn makes them bias and that's not fair. I believe, and I could be wrong but, I believe what Common meant to say is what I touched on earlier about singling out your own race to be with another...that is just plain wrong.
I'm out for now, gotta work in the morn but I had to get this off my mind.
Peace
I was on OKP today, I am a er'day, "What's on OKP" head, when I saw the lovely picture you see above. I decided to go to the artist page to visit Common. On one of the boards, this female who happened to be German with an African boyfriend wrote a comment about Com's views on interacial relationships. Her statement went something like this:
" i really love commons music and his lyrics, as far as i´m able to understand it, ´cause i´m german. but to hear that he´s mad about men who´re together with white women hurts me, because my boyfriend is from simbabwe and i love him so much.
i guess common should have express himself in a more differentiative (hope this is the right term)way in this case, because it sounds very intolerant to me.
and i appreciate him so much because of emphasizing love and social critisism in his songs.
i think you got a special situation in the us. and there are lots of issues to discuss about the relationship between african- and european-descendants all around the world..."
My question is this...would it matter if Common didn't approve of Asians and Africans or African Americans, or Hispanics and Africans or African Americans or Indians and Africans or African Americans? Would it matter if it were any other race beside European? On a personal level, I feel that love is love with the person you find it with regardless of their color, however, if you single out one race...especially your own...saying that you can't be with someone in your own race because they are "too ghetto" or "too proper" whatever, then that...makes you wrong. I wondered about that female, what bothers her? What makes her ticked off? Is she really cool with everyone dating everyone or is it just because it affects "her race"?
Often times it seems that people don't really pay attention to a situation unless it directly affects them. Guess that's where my heart enters the picture because I am concerned about a number of things that don't involve me, yet and still, I try to find a solution. For example, single fathers that aren't eligible for government support, I'd like to create a service that equates to the services single mothers receive. I am not a man, nor am I a single father but, I cannot stand by and watch good fathers get jerked by the system. **There are many other things I'd like to change but it's late and my brain isn't very focused right now.**
At any rate, I guess what I am trying to say is it seems like people only mostly care when something concerns them. They don't look at the broader spectrum which in turn makes them bias and that's not fair. I believe, and I could be wrong but, I believe what Common meant to say is what I touched on earlier about singling out your own race to be with another...that is just plain wrong.
I'm out for now, gotta work in the morn but I had to get this off my mind.
Peace
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