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Don
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"Very nice, but this isn't Graffiti. Graffiti is a bunch of idiots tagging their name for the world(inner-city world) to see on the train ride home, these are a poor mans version of Murals. Do yourself a favor and watch a movie called “Bomb The System”." ---Whoa whoa whoa. Come on man. Graffiti writing is an art. I don't agree with vandalism...especially of beautiful buildings. I also don't agree with messing up other people's property. However, there are times it is done in such scenarios to make a point and in such cases, those people may have legitimate reasons for doing it. Furthermore, not all graffiti that's done is on people's property. Hip-Hop (which originally began as an art form of 4 elements: MCing, DJing, Breakdancing, and Graph) has facilitated legal forms of graph writing (e.g. murals, etc.). And true graph writers are anything but idiots. True graph writers innovate in the art realm. True graph writers have political messages many times and they speak on behalf of a culture of people who want to get across their message. Those people in the "inner city world" you are talking about often feel alienated and use this art form to express themselves and to be heard. Often times, it was minority groups engaging in it (and still do) because of the injustices they felt. Going to city council meetings never accomplished anything because the city councils were oftne run by the usual upper-middle class or upper class white males. An African American or Puerto Rican (and many others) would not be given the same amount of priority. Today, such injustices still occur. Things like graffiti and underground Hip-Hop music like that of Immortal Technique inspire grassroots movements and let people know what's up. I don't agree with the destructive part of it which is often done by those who pose as Hip-Hoppers. It's usually those people who cause negative connotations to be attached to it. It's like comparing someone wack like all those artists that flash cash and show off their cars (which they don't really own) to someone real like Immortal Technique. KHAYA ASHUR --------------------- |
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