The Observation Deck

http://vdare.com/sailer/070422_giovanni.htm

Why the double standard? A white person would certainly not get away with writing such things about blacks.

Doug

"Readers when reading these poems should be very careful not to jump to conclusions about the relationship between angry text and actions. There are angry textual rages published everywhere in America, each and every day. Our task as humans is to examine rage with as much humanity as we can possibly bring to it."

Quote from Martini Republic about the peom (they also have a link to the entire poem and a bit of history about it - it is actually rather interesting).

Always,
Charyn

Perhaps Martin Republic would also defend the thugs who allegedly tried to carjack someone in Lakewood the other night. I actually found the defense of her "poetry" more "interesting" than the poetry itself. Some websites have taken down the links or inline quotes. I guess they are afraid of the truth.

In her own promotional video on youtube, she shows how she put a tattoo on her arm that says "thug life" in memory of Tupac Shakur.

This is also the same woman who was given the honor of making the closing remarks at the Virginia Tech memorial ceremony (all over youtube if you think I am making this up).

*warning to those easiliy offended*

*Below is a poem by black instructor Nikki Giovanni of Virginia Tech. These are HER words NOT my words.* I believe in free speech, but I also believe in free speech to criticize others' speech.

*warning - graphic*

The True Import of Present Dialog, Black vs. Negro

Can you kill
Can you kill
Can a nigger kill
Can a nigger kill a honkie
Can a nigger kill the Man
Can you kill nigger
Huh? nigger can you
kill
Do you know how to draw blood
Can you poison
Can you stab-a-Jew
Can you kill huh? nigger
Can you kill
Can you run a protestant down with your
‘68 El Dorado
Can you kill
Can you piss on a blond head
Can you cut it off
Can you kill
A nigger can die
We ain’t got to prove we can die
We got to prove we can kill
They sent us to kill
Japan and Africa
We policed europe
Can you kill
Can you kill a white man
Can you kill the nigger
in you
Can you make your nigger mind
die
Can you kill your nigger mind
And free your black hands to
strangle
Can you kill
Can a nigger kill
Can you shoot straight and
Fire for good measure
Can you splatter their brains in the street
Can you kill them
Can you lure them to bed to kill them
We kill in Viet Nam
for them
We kill for UN & NATO & SEATO & US
And everywhere for all alphabet but
BLACK
Can we learn to kill WHITE for BLACK
Learn to kill niggers
Learn to be Black men

Doug, what are you 'on about' in learning, then offering here, that an American poet has written pieces which are explicitly concerned with rage and hate?

Whether a poet or artist is black or white or of some other ethnic group, a single standard would sanction exactly WHAT for WHICH salutary purpose?

If you'll articulate this then I can better consider what this principle likely ramifies, given the sweep of all self-expressive, artistic antipathies throughout history.

Stephen I am not even close to being intelligent enough to understand your point or your question but sorry if I offended you in any way.

Doug