Comment of the Day: Hip Hop Will Not Bring Peace to the Middle East
Categories: Blowback
Today's comment comes in response to a post Wednesday in which we revealed how several members of a hip-hop event at Washington University were expelled from the program for having strong ties to Israel and Palestine. Ironically, the hip-hop conference was supposed to bring together Middle Eastern artists for "cross-cultural exchange, dialogue and collaboration."
Our story left commenter Johnathan Galt pleasantly amused:
Our story left commenter Johnathan Galt pleasantly amused:
I'm having a hard time determining why (exactly) I am laughing so hard right now: Is it because some college kids thought that they would be able to bring the Jews and Palestinians to a peaceful understanding or is it because they thought Hip-Hop would be the effective medium? ("Oh, I got it. We will use hip-hop... it is a universal language!)
Ironically, the fallout from this effort is probably the best lesson that these kids will learn at W.U.: While their efforts are/were probably virtuous, no one involved in that dispute cares about their fortunate little asses. They are fighting over a piece of land and they don't care to sip soup at the same table... even if you are allowing them to use your silver spoons.
Email to Friend
Write to Editor
Print Article
