First Of All, I Didn't Suggest That

I Grew Up In The Southern United States In A City Which At That Time During The Late '40's And Early '50's Was The Most Segregated City In The Country, And In A Sense Learning How To Oppose The Status Quo Was A Question Of Survival.

Not Only The Brothers On The Street But The Middle Class Brothers Are Also Identifying With The Gangster Rappers Because Of The Extent To Which This Music Circulates. It Becomes Possible For The - Not Only The Young Middle Class Men, But It Becomes Possible For Young Middle Class White Men And Young Men Of Other Racial Communities To Identify With The Misogyny Of Gangster Rap.

I Think We Need To Insist On A Certain Responsibility, Which People Have - Particularly Those Who Have Made It Into The Ranks Of The Middle Class Because As [ Martin Luther] King Said Many Years Ago In A Sense They Have Climbed Out Of The Masses On The Shoulders Of Their Sisters And Brothers And Therefore, They Do Have Some Responsibility.

Jails And Prisons Are Designed To Break Human Beings, To Convert The Population Into Specimens In A Zoo - Obedient To Our Keepers, But Dangerous To Each Other.

A Fair Trial Would Have Been No Trial At All.