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cyglet

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29. I've always thought

Reply to Number23 (Reply #27)

Fri Mar 30, 2012, 10:09 PM

Mar 2012

the misogyny and "gangsta" in the lyrics doesn't lend to the cause much. I haven't spent much time looking at hip hop lyrics, though, so....

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Why is America still so ignorant about racism? Read this quote from a neighbor of George Zimmerman. [View all] ProfessionalLeftist Mar 2012 OP

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Or, NOLALady Mar 2012 #10

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No. cyglet Mar 2012 #26

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I've always thought cyglet Mar 2012 #29

I love hip hop music and have since I was a kid Number23 Mar 2012 #30

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