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Hip- Hop-perations: Surgical Essays and Poems For The Ghetto Mind

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The author writes from his heart, he makes no attempt to please anyone who he dislikes, he wears his heart on his sleeve. He is not too keen on Jews and honestly, as a Jew, some of his writings do offend. He claims not to dislike Jews but then he throws around the words "Jew-Boy" to describe people. His writings on the Middle East are basic and contain elementary errors. I disagree with the author on many topics, but the book is not a dull read, just one that differs from my world view.

On the very first poem in the book they speak on the anger of oppression and dreams being carried in the arms of leader to leader but then turns around and uses FAGGOT, a degrading word to the queer community, while expressing his anger to "white Jesus". This is a complete contradiction of the poem and it displays how many people who preach the against oppression of their community or culture are constantly oppressing another community or culture. I was enjoying the poem until I got to the end. This could have been creative if that was intentional but it reads as ignorant hatred rather than a conscious statement on the oppressed becoming the oppressors. Sad.