White people doing Hip-Hop: "Blackface without the makeup"?

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Is this clip, well-known stand up comedian Paul Mooney compares white artists who perform Hip-Hop to people in 'Blackface' - a throwback to the days of Al Jolson when white performers would paint their faces and behave with exaggerated mannerisms associated with black people. He also says he is 'offended' by Eminem.

He ends the interview by saying, "Stop making excuses for white people to act like they're black 'cause there's no excuse for it. Unless they've paid their dues. When black (sic) people start getting shot in the back by police and hung just for being white, they can do all the hip-hip they want."

Personally, I think his point of view is ridiculous. There is no correlation between being 'shot in the back and hung' by police and performing hip-hop.

Boom_Bap

This is more of a race discussion rather than a discussion on hip hop.

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