Complexes Quote by Bakari Kitwana

I'm not a poster boy for misogyny and I don't think hip-hop should be either.

— Bakari Kitwana

Hip-hop is contributing to American society's misogyny and racism, hyper-sexuality anti-Black representations. Hip-Hop isn't setting the standard for misogyny. No one reduces the presidency…

— Bakari Kitwana

Few places in American culture have made as effective a case for entrepreneurship than hip-hop. Hip-hop tells young people that our society is offering…

— Bakari Kitwana

The question 'Why white kids love hip-hop?' forces us immediately to deal with the historical weight of race in America. On the surface people…

— Bakari Kitwana

And just as you can find hip-hop lyrics beating up on all these groups, including young Black men themselves, the primary producers of the…

— Bakari Kitwana

“Wigger: a young white who wants desperately to be down with hip-hop, who identifies more strongly with Black culture than white. (What's disturbing about…

— Bakari Kitwana

I agree that a lot of mainstream corporate sold hip-hop is self-hating.

— Bakari Kitwana

My hope is to get young people to think about ways that they can translate hip-hop's great cultural movement into political power that can…

— Bakari Kitwana

Hip-Hop's cultural movement is much larger than the corporate representation. The images most of hip-hop's critics point to are those manufactured by major corporations…

— Bakari Kitwana

Legions of young hip-hop fans are as against this as hip-hop's most fierce critics. There is a huge underground movement within hip-hop circles that…

— Bakari Kitwana

I agree that all kids of all colors love hip-hop. My point in writing the book was to raise questions about the ways the…

— Bakari Kitwana

After many years of hip-hop as a nation we should have the sophistication to accept that their are distinctions between the corporate manifestation of…

— Bakari Kitwana