RealTalk with Julia Kennedy Jayes! [Part 1]

Greetings All!

It's your MainMan, OuttaBoundz, right back in your area code! Please enjoy the following ghettoGEEK Radio segment with Julia Kennedy Jayes. Julia and I will engage in a genuine inter-racial dialogue on the subject of contemporary race relations in America. As we are sincere about fundamental social change, please leave any comments and/or questions that you would like us to follow up on!

Julia may be contacted at www.juliakennedyjayes.com, www.elementalcollective.com, and www.fortunecookiephotography.com.



Another A. Dub Production...

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The Impeccable DICK Cheney

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My MEMORIES as a YoungNigga...

One of Tupac’s strategies for acquiring empathy was through the use of adolescent experiences and perspectives in his narratives. Rap music, principally created and directed by the passions of young people, acted as an appropriate avenue for Tupac to connect with his young constituents. He was also able to relay the concerns of the inner-city youths to other young people less familiar with their atrocities. Surprisingly enough, he was also able to negate the generation and racial gap that often separates blacks and whites [and persons whose demographic doesn't typically identify with rap music or Hip-Hop culture]. Mary Tasker (1999), a middle-aged, Caucasian, social worker acknowledges this when she proposes:

Many people believe that these lyrics condone, glorify, and perhaps even promote violence, and that therefore this music contributes to the moral decline of teenagers today. The teens I work with, however, have very different feelings that I am learning more about each day. (p. 217)

Tasker (1999) offers this opinion as she transitions from a stance of ignorance to one of enlightenment on the subject of rap music. Through her experiences with a group of inner-city youth, she finds herself in a position to understand and appreciate the music from a more empathetic perspective. Tasker (1999) mentions the impact of Tupac’s death on, Zaddi, one of her students. As tears flowed from Zaddi’s eyes, she asked “Why Mary? Why I feel this bad...like it was my own flesh and blood?” This illustrates the acute affinity that the youth had in regards to Tupac and his music.

In order to acquire this level of empathy, Tupac utilizes young people throughout many of his rhyme schemes. By using adolescents in his music, Tupac was not only able to appeal to them, but he was captivated by them and illustrate a social-psychological bond. His ability to do so can be attributed to passages like the following:

Back in junior high…when we was barely getting by,
when daddy died…that's when my momma started getting high.
My neighborhood was full of drive-bys; couldn't survive.
All my homies living short lives, I couldn't cry.
Told my momma if I did die, just put a blunt in my casket
let me get my dead homies high.
Come follow me throughout my history,
it's just me against the world stuck in misery; as a young nigga. (Shakur, Young Niggaz, 1995)

Consistent with his use of first-person narrative, Tupac invited listeners into a reality that he stated as his own. Listeners were inadvertently asked to empathize with an adolescent whose family structure is characterized by a deceased father and a mother who is beginning a cycle of drug addiction. He continues this description of depression by informing the audience of a neighborhood terrorized by drive-by shootings. As a result of this ‘ghetto-terrorism,’ all of his close associates and comrades are meeting early deaths. Consequently, the young man in this narrative is left to cope with a harsh reality of ephemeral relationships that entertain violence, deteriorate in drugs, and eventually end in death. Using an adolescent rationale that attempts to merge the secular with the celestial, the child asks his mother to place marijuana in his casket so that he is able to bear gifts to his deceased brethren. After making this quixotic request, he concludes by empathetically asking listeners to remain attentive as he continues his tour through misery.



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Yazmany on Barack Obama: "Art or Something Else?"

Take a look...















...and the artist...



...and a video...I'm not sure who produced it...



Some written commentary to follow....

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Who’s Really Watching Your Back?

The recent economic downturn has forced our government into a more prominent role setting the economic pace of our country. This worries some people because they don’t believe the government should play such a role. Government, to many, doesn’t possess the requisite attributes to manage or exchange land, labor and capital to produce wealth. It is their belief that this is best left in the hands of the private sector, a group of organizations not affiliated with government.

The private sector in the United States is largely comprised of corporations, both public and private, and employs the vast majority of those employed. Corporations by definition have limited liability for their actions and may exercise their “human rights” against individuals or the state.

Yes, corporations have rights just like you. They are eligible for the same basic freedoms and liberties of a natural person such as freedom of speech. Corporations can hold the state or individuals liable for violations of its rights and conversely, it can be held liable by the state and individuals. The challenge here, however, is that corporations are fundamentally driven by singular bottom line–PROFIT. And more importantly, the corporation is legally separate from those that make decisions about the corporation’s actions.

Obviously, corporations provide some goods and services to us at a level of efficiency that makes our lives better. However, corporations have no responsibility for the PUBLIC GOOD. It’s the epitomy of the saying, “Buyer beware.” This, in many instances, is where the government steps in to protect the interests of it’s constituents.

It is conceivable that at some point in the near future, most basic components of survival will be controlled by corporations. They already got the water is some countries. Your air could be next…buyer beware!

Peep game


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ghettoGEEK ThrowBack!

...and now to our very FIRST Blog Post...

What Up, What Up....

You have just been invaded by the "ShittyCityCommittee"; a.k.a. ghettoGEEKS! Our sole duty and obligation is to bring nothin' but that REALNESS....raw and unadulterated! We are here to spit on topics from poltics, economics, race, sexuality, gender, culture, class, war, drugs, lies, power, religion, streets, incarceration, fear, Hip-Hop, and all other types of shit that we are pertinent to the edification of people who share a keen interest in TRUTH and DIALOGUE. Let's grow up....and face facts....and stop bullshittin' ourselves and everyone around us!

With that said, I gotta couple questions....

Why in the hell is it all of sudden popular to hate on George W. Bush.? It seems you can't turn on a televsion or a radio of these days without some pundit discussing the failed policies of the Bush administration... These contemporary critiques might be just and credible, but guess what....YOU'RE FIVE YEARS LATE, MOTHERFUCKERS! When it was pertinent for those in power (and yes, the media have substantial power, too) to stop Bush and Cheney [and whoever else is apart of their clandestine regime] they did nothing! Any sane person knew five years ago, that this invasion in Iraq was built on some colonialization-type bullshit! This war was pre-meditated...and all you had to do was ask somebody in a ghetto in Texas about it...and they would have told you that George Bush wasn't about shit as a governor....except gaining power for wealthy whites...and keeping the power to themselves. ...which is the same formula he used for the Nation.

So, I don't want to hear anything negative about George Bush now from any media personalities. Y'all muhphukaz are weak! Now, that the man is on his way out of power, y'all decide that it's the proper time to uncover the corrupt activity, and write a bunch of books on how corrupt the Bush administration was? Where were all these books, articles, and opinions when the lives of young American military personnel were dying on account of these blatant lies? Why wasn't Donald Trump talkin' about how big of an idiot Bush was when he stood on the airline carrier with the "Mission Accomplished" sign at this back? Where were all these brave critics then? Huh? I'll tell you where....somewhere gettin' paid from these corrupt Bush policies. Or they were somewhere with their mouths closed because they were too afraid to lose their careers and shit. Simple.

When Colin Powell left the administration, why weren't all the brilliant political guys asking questions as to why this man decided to distance himself from this garbage? My recollection of the events is that the media framed him as a "softie;" someone who was essentially not par for the course. He was weak. Undedicated. Nobody, including Powell himself, said unequivocally, that this War in Iraq is about Money and Power for the Rich. Present-day colonalism. The game don't change, people! In the last eight years, America's actions on the world's stage have been about acquiring more money and more power. Simple. All this bullshit that the American people have been fed was for the sole purpose of getting the masses behind their fradulent campaign. Simple.

....gotta bail now....tryin' to figure out how to get some food in my stomach....but don't fret....I'll be okay....George Bush recently said that he "has faith in the American people." He continued to say that because we're so ingenious, that we'll figure out a way to make it through this recession...and he has total faith in our ability to overcome these tough times. Man, just knowing George has faith in my ability to survive this shit makes me warm and fuzzy inside. This is where I find my solace in these "$4.00/gallon gas" times I'm living in. Thanks, George!

...I guess you can tell Phil Gramm to suck my dick! ...I'm no whiner! You better ask George!

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In the Mix....with them Hypocrites...

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Nigga, Please....

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Some of the most DISGUSTING stuff I've ever seen!

Now what can we attribute THIS behavior to?



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Why? O Why? ....must you be so MEAN?

On the topic of understanding and appreciating rap music within academic circles, a significant void between “rhyme and reason” exists because more attention is given to gratuitous violence than is given to ways in which members of these under-privileged communities respond to and utilize violence. Violence within the black urban community is a combined effect of poverty and marginality anchored by a system of institutional racism and oppression (Dyson, 1991; West, 2001). As this is the case, an over-emphasis on violence and an under-emphasis on the ways in which the oppressed populations operate within these violent subcultures create a lacuna of knowledge involving communication and culture. This study fills a gap in communication and culture by advancing a thesis that oppressed populations find collective agency through the use of violent rhetoric. Rap music, being the product of the African rhetorical resistance tradition, is inherently devoted to the task of confronting hegemony. Because rap music is originally derived from society’s most oppressed populations, and as a result, linked to the violent street code (Kubrin, 2005), a rhetoric of violence allows for the unification of rappers and audience based on a common violent ethos and a common goal of resistance and liberation (Fanon, 1963).

With a special emphasis on the culture of academics, currently this urban youth violence is routinely viewed and discussed through sanitized lenses. If examined at all, it is usually inspected by a two-dimensional approach that lacks critical depth but reminds us that violence is a consistent issue within Hip-Hop culture. There is a paucity of research that aims to understand violence. There is little research that aims to observe violence as a communication tool, and not necessarily a socio-cultural phenomenon that requires research that seeks to apply preventive or corrective measures. In a more objective and organic vein, if you will, Jeffrey Fagan and Deanna Wilkinson (1998) have reported a resurgence of identity, culture, and violence in inner-city black communities. With these factors intermingling in typically combustible ways, it has been “understood that using a gun to harm his opponent was the best way to handle a situation both in terms of what was expected on the street and what an individual had to do to maintain a respected identity” (p. 139).

Learn more.

Check out Bustin' Gats through Spittin' Raps!



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An INSIDER'S Perspective on the Selling of SEX - REMIX

Another Radio Interview on "Art or Misogyny" from L.A. Model/Actress Evita Castine! Take a listen to her perspective on the game...



...and now tell us how YOU feel.

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Recession & the Dope Game in BodyMore, MurderLand...

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Art or Misogyny? - A Discussion with Dr. Kandace Harris

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Write in and tell these ghettoGEEKS how YOU feel about the topic at hand...and stay tuned for more conversation on ghettoGEEKS Radio!

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