Dear: Urban-Rap/ Hip-Hop
Dee-Jays, Program Directors, Rap Radio Station Owners, and Radio Stations with
a Rap/ Hip Hop format/playlist.
This letter is
concerning the very comfortable use of the racial slur, Nigger.
I HAVE A RAP MUSIC REQUEST!!
I have listened to
particular rap songs that are in constant rotation at your radio station (s)
for a while now and I would like to make a rap music request if I may. Your
current rap music rotation has become very stale over the years. Since we are
now living in the days where “equality for all,” “multiculturalism,” “Homophobia” and so-called
“Trans-Phobia” have been placed at the top of everyone’s political, sexual, and
racial agenda, I think my request should be a simple one to take into
consideration. I am always hearing rap songs that contain violence aimed at
African-Americans and racial slurs like Nigger/Nigga being spewed all over your
airwaves morning, noon, and night in the city where I currently reside and
quite possibly in all cities where rap music in played on radio. My song
request is simple. My song request is all about equality and/or equal treatment
for all racial and ethnic groups in this country.
Would you mind playing
rap songs and RnB songs that contain guest appearances by rappers that
violently attack Whites, Jewish-Whites, Hispanics/Latinos, Native Americans,
Asians, Italians, and Homosexuals? I am kind of burned out on Nigger this and
Nigga that. I would love to hear something new like, “Faggot this or Faggot
that. How about “Kyke this or Kyke that? Maybe a song or two that promotes
selling drugs and/or shooting and robbing people of other races and
ethnicities. How about playing a song that spews other hateful and racist words
like, Spik, Wet-Back, Chink, Slant-eye, Gook, Cracker, DEGO, Towel Head, Sand
Nigger, and W.O.Ps for a change?
I am pretty sure that
you have songs like this lying around somewhere at the radio station. You just
have to because it would be the “equal and fair” thing to do, right? Maybe the
first place in the station where you can look is under the pile of music CDs
with a note attached to them that reads, “Songs
that should never be played for fear of offending and degrading any racial and
ethnic group that’s not African-American.” I just know that you and/or your
rap station are not about being biased in your playlist. I just know that you
and/or your rap station (s) are incapable of promoting inequality on any level.
I guess what I am
trying to say is that I would like to hear more diversity in your playlist. I
would like to hear more of a variety of racial/ethnic attacks being played at
the rap radio station. You seem to be very comfortable with playing songs or at
least allowing rap songs to be played at the station that contain lyrics that
violently attack Black people and refer to them by racial slurs. You also
appear to be very open to playing rap songs that use derogatory and demeaning
adjectives to describe the female gender within that particular race that
happens to be of color. Whenever, I have pointed out the use of the word
Nigger/Nigga in the songs in the past, the overwhelming response has been, “Hey, it’s just music. It’s entertainment.
It’s what the people want to hear.” Well, if what you are saying is true, I
am of the people and I want my music request played on the air.
I will be listening for
my song request.
Sincerely, Rico Rivers
Rico
Rivers
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