From: Troy Carter
Date: August 10, 2020 at 6:01:54 PM PDT

Hey Bob,

Just read your piece on WAP and wanted to chime in on a couple of things. Young caucasian-americans loving and appropriating black culture has existed since the Chuck Berry days. We should be careful of confusing this admiration for a win. The real win is when the same admirers are fighting for fair economics, well funded education systems, and equal rights. Having a baby by an African-American at twenty doesn't make you black, since most black twenty year old women aren't having babies. It's a stereotype that the data doesn't support.

Cardi and Megan featuring Kylie in their video is what hip-hop has always been about. Inclusion, big cultural moments, and aspiration. I'm all for it. 

We have much bigger battles! 
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