Tallaabo;938658 wrote: In Boston people don't get their legs ripped off very often, do they? Who cares? They are victims just like those in Mogadishu. Take your oppression olympics elsewhere.

Tallaabo;938645 wrote: I would not worry a second about Che, Safferz, and the other pampered qurbo joog. Let us pray for the real victims of terror- the poor Mogadisho residents. I didn't realize geography makes a difference in how real it feels to have your limbs ripped off in an explosion.

...in the form of a mandatory performance at my university's "language night," which someone decided all African language students have to participate in this year. I'm in intermediate level Amharic, and my class is doing an "Ethiopian Jeopardy" skit. And I want to die. At least I can take comfort in knowing no one in the audience (aside from the instructor, who doesn't care) will know or understand if I mess up my lines. But the thought of performing anything in front of a crowd is terrifying, and more importantly, I CAN'T ACT. Knowing myself, I will probably trip *up the stairs* as I try to get on stage. And I'm in grad school, not 7th grade drama class. Why do I have to do this?

Nin-Yaaban;938640 wrote: That guy has some balls to tackle a complete stranger, just because he looked a little different from the rest. I hope he either press charges, or sues him for everything he got. It's awful, but sadly Muslims get profiled like this all the time.

Naxar Nugaaleed;938632 wrote: One saudi is in custody and i hear an 8 year old was killed. So long as these evil hide in our midst and we remain reactionary rather then proactive about dealing with this poison nothing will change. hoping the best for the people of Boston and mogadishu and everywhere that evil as touched. A Saudi man is not in custody, he was questioned. A civilian saw him running away from the explosion (like everyone else) and decided to chase and TACKLE him before turning him in to Boston police for "acting suspiciously." Several right-leaning media outlets then ran with the story of a "Saudi national" in custody as a "person of interest," but the BPD have said that's not true.

AfricaOwn;938627 wrote: ^^^Political differences doesn't go that far, it can't be them. Remember Timothy McVeigh? Or Waco, Texas? The anniversary of Waco and the Oklahoma City bombing are this week too...

And I'll call it now -- I think right wing nutcases are behind this, Boston being a symbolic site for the American Revolution (Boston Tea Party, "no taxation without representation"), Patriots' Day today in Massachusetts, and Tax Day across the United States.

Thanks guys. Still trying to wrap my mind around what happened.

Abbaas;938596 wrote: Che (forum member) lives in Boston right? i hope he's doing good! Che emailed me earlier, he's fine too!

Scary day today, I'm not near the marathon but my neighbourhood (another tourist-y, high traffic area about 20 mins away) is full of police at the moment and they evacuated a building near the coffee shop I was at, so I decided to walk home (I was feeling paranoid and thought for a while it may be better to just stay inside rather than go out on the street). Longest walk ever but safe and sound in my apartment now, alhamdulillah.

raula;938303 wrote: Y'all need to watch (I think its a documentary) called "the House I live in" . A brilliant documentary that would go over some SOLers' heads, judging from this thread. There's a lot of willful ignorance here about the structural conditions that configure the possibilities for Somali children in North America, I doubt a documentary on the realities of race, crime and the prison industrial complex will help.

^^ I have some issues with that song, but it's definitely critical commentary and a good example of the diverse content in hip hop.

Back to the original topic, I'm currently watching Wu Tang KILL IT at Coachella, they're performing Triumph right now. I bomb atomically, Socrates philosophies and hypotheses...

Wadani;938198 wrote: You guys need to stop ganging up on Xabad. He's right that most of hip-hop is nothing but grown men rapping about b*****, cars, drugs and guns. I grew up on rap, but i'm not gonna deny that much of it is utter garbage. Except xabad didn't say that... he was talking about "black music" as a homogenous category and refused to accept the black origins of the music he does enjoy, and his critique was framed in deeply racist language (tropes of black primitivity, hypersexuality, etc). I don't agree with your point either, perhaps much of mainstream rap (which is consumed by young white men for the most part, in terms of sales), but certainly not hip hop as a whole. But if xabad had made your point at least we could have a productive discussion, instead he comes across as a self-loathing black person.

xabad;938188 wrote: che, you a very simple man walaahi. you somehow construed my music distaste for racism. come on whittaker. What's not racist about referring to "black music" as primitive, childish, not intellectual, etc?

SomaliPhilosopher;938183 wrote: I agree. but the man is not a fan. lets leave it at that. Perhaps his name "xabad" is an indication of the post-traumatic stress disorder he faces. PTSD has made him vulnerable and receptive to Glenn Beck and fox news, causing him to associate "black music" with gun/"xabad" culture. This brings us back to his PTSD. hence his distaste for black music. I like this explanation.

SomaliPhilosopher;938180 wrote: Hiphop has become synonymous with "black music". it is simpe as that. enough with the straw man attacks. And hip hop isn't a monolith either... contrary to what xabad may think, hip hop has one of the most (if not THE most) socially conscious, intelligent and complex lyricism of any genre of music right now.

xabad;938178 wrote: stop watching twerk videos for heavens sake saffz. :cool: Just when I've gotten most of the moves down? Never.

xabad;938171 wrote: serious about what saffz ? The way you're essentializing the content of a variety of genres of music across space and time, speaking about it as a monolith ("black music") and dismissing the important points made here about the musical origins and cultural context of what you assume are white genres of music. It smacks of troll.

Che -Guevara;938168 wrote: Many aspects of country and most importantly Banjo are African American origin. Rock is entirely African American origin. The white singers of 50s and 60s were merely imitating black singers of the era.So was the Brits like Beatles and others. I don't think he's serious.

xabad;938163 wrote: i hate all black music, its childish, repetitive and primitive and not intellectually deep, but i like some black musicians, i listen to charley pride, darius rucker etc if you know anything about country. Wow.

xabad;938155 wrote: what so original about booty shaking and talking about female genitalia che ? i know is not PC to say but black music sucks, i can't stand it. sorry. You're talking about a small fraction of pop music right now, and that objectification isn't limited to black musicians either.

The sequel to Gangnam Style just came out, and I don't hate it.

Watermarks on photos that don't even belong to them :mad:

Alpha Blondy;938120 wrote: ^ S.Poow, waxanu isla garanay dhowr......... inaar, waa kuu sidee....dee? mise.... like that saffz, you're going to disclose our secrets for the general public? p.s - saffz and I have been sending each other pics and stuff. inaar.... Saffz is HOT , ma istidhi? Principal Regina Grier from the Steve Harvey show..... ain't got nothing on this trash-xalimo femen!