Ice-T song

There is a song by Ice-T called Race War which he raps about Blacks and the injustices they face in their everyday life. Ice-T says white people love him and the music he makes as a successful black man but in general do not like the black race. They treat regular black people differently than they do black celebrities. It is the certain black policies that the government puts in place that hold the black individual down. He says you are a racist even if you say you have one black friend. Not only are blacks getting squeezed but also Mexicans and other races. All people that are not white are facing the same struggles as blacks. He in the song talks about a race war. What did these races ever do to deserve the injustices they are experiencing. The white race tries to create friction between the minority races so they will not hold the white race accountable for the past injustices that the minority races have experienced.
This song is similar to what we have learned in class in the sense we have racism in our society today and Ice-T talks about that a great deal in the song Race Wars. He says the white man will do anything to disparage the black man and other races that are different from them. He also blames blacks for not standing up for themselves and accepting the white culture. Throughout history the white man has done despicable acts to blacks and suppressed them making them conform to the white lifestyle or they would face instant death. Their were blacks that probably throughout history that thought they were inferior to whites in every way possible. In the song Ice-T talks about blacks voting for political parties that do not share their best interests. In the material we talked about how blacks put alot of trust in Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia government but were deceived by them and would not end slavery while also making treaties with Indians but behind their backs continually taking their land.
This is a very interesting song that puts into perspective the conflict between the different races. Ice-T in his song blames the system for the problems blacks have faced and also blames the black individual as well for easily conforming to the white culture. He wants African Americans and people of all minorities to stand up to the white society and not be taken advantage of. I believe in some points Ice-T is right about how minorities have experienced injustices and how there is great distrust among those communities. In the past I would say he is correct about how the white individual has taken advantage of the black individual and many of the problems that minorities face is because of the white man. But now I believe Ice-T is wrong. Many of the broken homes we see in our society today the majority of them come from African American families. Because of this blacks are more prone to committing crimes and the jail rate is higher for them compared to white individuals. I understand Ice-T frustration with the many injustices that minorities have experienced but he needs to place more blame on minorities for their misfortunes not just blame the white man for everything.
I was able to get these lyrics from asklyrics.com.