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College Hatred in the Age of Yik Yak
December 14, 2015
Kameron Dunbar ’19
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just wondering, what is the context for the comments about the And What discussion? Am particularly wondering about equating white's listening to hip hop with police violence
Posted by: Anonymous on December 14, 2015 10:16 PM
One year ago, we dedicated our show to the Black lives lost at the hands of police brutalization. A year later, absolutely nothing has changed. So again, we must bring attention to this violence, and another form as well: the robbing of hip hop from Black communities and the massive commodification of its aesthetic and sound by people who have little to no regard for its origins. Note the juxtaposition of police brutality and white people egaging in hip hop as if those two concerns were at all related or equivalent.
Posted by: Anonymous on December 14, 2015 11:29 PM
The above quote was from an event they held (with my commentary, of course).
Posted by: Anonymous on December 14, 2015 11:30 PM
To the person who commented on this post in an effort to explain the Yik Yak post going after And What?!
1) Police brutality is unquestionably a form of violence. The large-scale theft by white people of a Black genre of music created to protest white supremacy (among many other things) is, as the AW program said, "another form of violence." If you think white entitlement to Black bodies and Black culture is disconnected from the physical violence Black people experience, you need to read more. A lot a lot more. Here are some places to start:
http://www.amazon.com/Africanisms-American-Culture-Edition-Diaspora/dp/0253217490
http://www.blackgirldangerous.org/2014/09/black-art-free/.
2) Commenting anonymously to an article about how anonymous comments are cowardly and foolish really just proves the author's point. Not that Kameron needed your help.
Kameron, I don't know you, but thank you for your words and your work. I'm sorry people are so ignorant.
Posted by: Alison Kronstadt on December 15, 2015 12:16 PM
I'm glad you are putting this on the internet. Racism lives at Oberlin. It just has a bunch of different forms. The way in which yik yak responded to the Black Student Union shows that. While we can not police these individuals, we must continue to try to hold Oberlin to a higher standard.
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