Never in our country's history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact as of the writing of this column millions of people along the Gulf Coast have been displaced from their homes in a period of only five days.
Since I was there in the very beginning I know the history of the characters. So I make comments about the tone and sometimes remind the writers that we've done that before.
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Why shouldn't rap be esoteric able to take in current events history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment – that rappers because they're black can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.
