Comments on: Protests over Verizon deal with 1938media http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/07/protests-over-verizon-deal-with-1938media/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:17:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: mdestape http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/07/protests-over-verizon-deal-with-1938media/#comment-342214 mdestape Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:32:55 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2540#comment-342214 who cares what you think? who cares what you think?

]]> By: mturro http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/07/protests-over-verizon-deal-with-1938media/#comment-342212 mturro Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:22:06 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2540#comment-342212 I need to correct myself a bit - Feldman did NOT botch his execution - he did exactly what he wanted to do. He wanted to be seen as a racist and he has been. Of course he isn't one (at least he doesn't seem to be one - I don't know him personally). He wanted to make a racist video and he did. Interesting guy. I need to correct myself a bit - Feldman did NOT botch his execution - he did exactly what he wanted to do. He wanted to be seen as a racist and he has been. Of course he isn't one (at least he doesn't seem to be one - I don't know him personally). He wanted to make a racist video and he did. Interesting guy.

]]> By: mturro http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/07/protests-over-verizon-deal-with-1938media/#comment-342211 mturro Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:18:24 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2540#comment-342211 Not sure where you're getting that 99.9% figure, but I would bet that it's probably not quite accurate. In fact I would go so far as to say that the bulk of revenue that the "gangster rap" genre generates comes from suburban white boys. Take a stroll through the halls of almost any American high school and you will get a good look at the color of "gangster culture."<br><br>As for whether "TechNigga" is racist - maybe, maybe not - but it does display an arrogant amount of racial insensitivity that could very easily be perceived as latent racism. As I said above, he used a negative cultural stereotype to describe "black guys" (his words) - not gangsters. He was effectively calling all black people gangsters.<br><br>Whether or not Feldman feels this way is largely irrelevant - I would tend to think he does NOT. The point is he tried to be controversial (perhaps in the vein of Lenny Bruce) - and because he botched his execution he simply came across as ignorant. And usually ignorance will get you fired - unless you are running for office. Not sure where you're getting that 99.9% figure, but I would bet that it's probably not quite accurate. In fact I would go so far as to say that the bulk of revenue that the “gangster rap” genre generates comes from suburban white boys. Take a stroll through the halls of almost any American high school and you will get a good look at the color of “gangster culture.”

As for whether “TechNigga” is racist - maybe, maybe not - but it does display an arrogant amount of racial insensitivity that could very easily be perceived as latent racism. As I said above, he used a negative cultural stereotype to describe “black guys” (his words) - not gangsters. He was effectively calling all black people gangsters.

Whether or not Feldman feels this way is largely irrelevant - I would tend to think he does NOT. The point is he tried to be controversial (perhaps in the vein of Lenny Bruce) - and because he botched his execution he simply came across as ignorant. And usually ignorance will get you fired - unless you are running for office.

]]> By: Nicki Brøchner http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/07/protests-over-verizon-deal-with-1938media/#comment-342210 Nicki Brøchner Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:55:59 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2540#comment-342210 No that is NOT racism. Racism is when an entire race is discriminated against based on there race. 99.9% of all so called Gangster-rapper is black. The whole gangster culture is predominated by black males and females. It might be incentive but it is suddenly not racist. So no he is only describing the predominant perception of that stereotype, and if that happens to be a black man, well how can that be racist?? No that is NOT racism. Racism is when an entire race is discriminated against based on there race. 99.9% of all so called Gangster-rapper is black. The whole gangster culture is predominated by black males and females. It might be incentive but it is suddenly not racist. So no he is only describing the predominant perception of that stereotype, and if that happens to be a black man, well how can that be racist??

]]> By: mturro http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/07/07/protests-over-verizon-deal-with-1938media/#comment-342206 mturro Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:45:51 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2540#comment-342206 censorship is when they throw your ass in prison, or flog you, or kill your family for the stuff you say. getting dropped from a fat sponsorship deal is more like just desserts. censorship is when they throw your ass in prison, or flog you, or kill your family for the stuff you say. getting dropped from a fat sponsorship deal is more like just desserts.

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