In recent years, a huge explosion of white supremacist literature and rap music has wiggled its tentacles into the art scene and has shown no sign of letting up. Before the Trump presidency, white supremacist literature and by proxy - rap - was largely confined to the fringes of society and art forms. When Trump came to power, all previous bets were off as leagues of poor white men came together to express their angst together and at a system they felt unfairly subjected them to negativity (while living completely oblivious to the hypocrisy of denying slavery was a bad thing). From Rush Limbaugh (may he rot in whatever semblance of Hell his fat ass believes in) to Donald Trump Jr. vying for his daddy's affection via the literary canon, these conservative and right-wing figures have taken huge advantage of a previously untapped market for themselves: literature and the arts.
Before the era of Trump, what was deemed acceptable or rather respectful was also seen as 'American' in that you could treat others with how you wanted to be treated. Unfortunately this so-called 'Golden Rule' does not work nearly as well as the elementary teachers would have us believe, and instead everyone who had something to say felt stifled when their opinions fell on deaf ears.
Now take into account that Trump used social media to magnify his message of hatred across the nation and world, the once-previously unreached constituents that make up a lot of backwater America became emboldened when they saw someone as inarticulate as themselves still make it to the presidential stage. All pre-conceived notions of rich and poor were thrown out the window as Trump made the uneducated poor rally to his call with the only thing they understood: Hate.
Fringe communities once reserved for the likes of dark web forums and school shooters became magnified in the public eye for the first time like never before. Putting these fringe politics front and center proved to be the media's undoing as they not only aided in Trump's massive bullhorn to propagandize lies and hatred on an unprecedented scale, but they also succeeded in uniting many divisions of outcasts and degenerates that once thought they never would have a voice or their time to shine.
Even from the extreme antics of rappers that are not associated with white supremacy by proxy are still furthering this cult idea and behavior that being a bully is okay in today's world. Child suicides are made fun of, schools are never held accountable much like corrupt cops, and those that benefit most from this system of inequality (i.e. white supremacy propagators) Look to Azealia Banks and her huge underage following of gullible teens, and then to know that she ritualistically slaughtered dozens of chickens on live stream and put it on the internet for all to see. Knowing that she not only went unpunished but also relished her evildoing and further propagated her ignorance is beyond comprehension for anyone of sound mind. She later came out and voiced quite vocal support for Donald Trump by the way.
Then you have dumb asses like Kanye who were always egotistical fucksticks waiting for the right time to say the wrong thing. I have never liked Kanye, so to see so many of his supporters jump ship now is nothing short of fucking hilarious to me. Can't ignore the signs and then say you didn't know there was a war going on. My point in all this is that even some of the most influential figures in literature and hip-hop propagate this dangerous mindset so much so, that it has helped magnify this intense hatred for sciences, truth, and antiracists the world over. These degenerates who would have never had a say in their own town council let alone world politics, now are emboldened by this high-level ignorant rhetoric being spouted by so many. It is no wonder the world is beginning to see it as truth.
I have seen rappers wearing blackface on YouTube, I have seen multi-millionaires denying slavery was a bad thing, I have seen Donald Trump come to power in my own country all the while America's most vulnerable communities are at war for survival and for recognition. Racism should not replace sound logic as a means to dispose of those that seek to do us harm. Sun Tzu said it best when he said we have to win a battle without fighting it. Win before you fight.
If you care about history being told correctly, if you care about the world not repeating its past mistakes, then please join me in contributing some goodness to the world of literature and to help expel these pretentious dickwads from the arena and conversation for good. There is no middle ground to be had, for there are no lion historians left standing. What good is the hunter's trophy if it is stained in the blood of the last living being?
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