New York-rapparen gör ett inlägg via Facebook där han diskuterar hur hiphopkultur spridit sig över världen trots rasism och utanförskap i USA.
Nasir Jones, mer känd som Nas, har vid ett otal tillfällen beskrivit i sin musik hur han i det afroamerikanska samhället i USA erfarit diskriminering och utanförskap. Att beskriva sociala skeenden och politiska strömningar har varit tematiskt återkommande i hans numer omfattande diskografi. Efter den senaste tidens rasrelaterade våld har spänningarna mellan vita och minoritetsgrupper ökat markant och i ett vida spritt inlägg på Facebook under måndagskvällen tar Nas upp rasifiering kopplat till hiphop och den amerikanska drömmen/modellen.
Läs inlägget nedan som hittills gillats av drygt 20.000 personer:
“America has spent so much time, money & resources fighting wars abroad and completely fell asleep at the wheel of the war brewing within our cities, neighborhoods & blocks. We are supposed to stand for freedom & equal opportunity. That’s supposed to mean MORE than just words but the actions of late just don’t speak to what we are supposed to stand for. This is BIGGER than BLACK and WHITE. This is about America selling a false dream. Now we’ve obviously progressed since the inception of this nation but we took our eye off the ball and it feels as though things are moving backwards. As a black man, I find it difficult to understand that our biggest export (our American culture) comes from us. The people in the streets… The way the world dresses, talks, what they listen to, what they watch… That all comes from us. How can we be the ones responsible for America’s biggest export & fear for our lives like we shouldn’t belong here. I don’t have all the answers nor do I believe anyone does, but we need to have conversations around how to improve as a nation. How do we show any ounce of progress that keeps hope alive. This is too big of a problem to be solved overnight but there needs to be some questions answered to get things back on the track of righteousness. Amazing people died for this country. We owe it to the past, present & future to come together and move this country in the right direction. This is my home just like it is anyone else’s. RIP CRISPUS ATTUCKS. FIRST MAN TO DIE IN AMERICA’s FREEDOM WAR & HE WAS BLACK! GOD BLESS EVERY OUNCE OF INNOCENT BLOOD SHED FOR THIS NATION & MY FAMILY.“
