An interesting read

Justice Brothers should give it a read.

just a symptom of a culture that's run amok and lost its roots and heritage. More and more I feel that correction needs to come from within the community that wants to take pride in its culture. If I was Polish and wanted to be proud to be Polish, I'd want my Polish brothers to be a part of that pride. Those who made my "people" look bad would need to know I was offended and I would need to be willing to participate in bringing them under control...even if it meant turning my back on them, calling in the authorities, etc. No one else can do this as affectively as can one's own family. Just my two cents.

He made his point without mentioning the Harlem Renaissance (not that he's obligated to be comprehensive). Langston Hughes, to name just one, wrote poetry - poetry - about the street life of his day that was entertaining, informative to black and white, respectful of his subjects even as their foibles were being exposed, and earthy. Moreover, his literary art was associated with a music - jazz as it was being born - that had and has those same qualities. And those people labored under real discrimination, not the kind that comes from seeking trouble.

What will be the artistic longevity of Big Pun and his kind?