Common Speaks Against Sarah Palin And Fox News After Being Called "Vile"

Trust me, EVERYBODY is still up and coming. How do we know that Common won't be able to go beyond being a rapper/actor one day, and go into politics? Not only would he be able to directly represent Hip Hop, which derived from BLACK CULTURE, but he would also be able to directly affect policy that directly affects the BLACK COMMUNITY. "Up and coming" doesn't mean "coming up", it means "you're up, and you're becoming a leader." Sure, Common has been a positive role model for Hip Hop for years, but as we know, most of "our heroes" have either, a tainted past, or they got caught up in some kind of foul play. The paradigm shift of power would involve BLACK MEN taking the reigns of power completely to become the leaders of the land their ancestors slaved in. Anything less than that couldn't possibly be considered "real progress". As far as racism is concerned, there is plenty of racism going on. It may not seem to be so in the densely stratified centralized power base, but there's obviously a ploy to keep control of all puppets whether they be black or white. Rising to power, or even success as a non-puppet black man is VERY difficult. Not only does he have to fit an "ideal image", but there are numerous weapons out there used to throw young black men off their game, this website even promotes a few. The truth is, lower class white Americans still have a tough time dealing with the idea of the black man becoming/being America's, The World's (their), progressive leader this day and age, and in certain parts of the country racism is not only present, it's prevalent and blatant! Sure, SOME black men are accepted as a whole, but the "unideal" black male is still deemed as unrealistic in today's society. "He wants what he can't have". "He wants to be more than he can be." Tell me I'm wrong!

and it doesn't have to be about being black all the time. If you keep that in your head your gonna use it as an excuse, and say that every time shit doesn't go your way. I'm tired of people saying that kind of stuff, live your life.

Common's not up and coming. He has been around for a long time. The fact is not that he is black. The fact is that he is outspoken and doesn't have the same views as they do.

not defending bush sr by any means, but easy got invited by accident.. everyone who contributed to the republican election fund (or some ish like that) got invited.. beleive me, if they knew who eric wright really was he would NOT have been invited.. lol

More like he was invited to a repblican fund raiser but close.