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Eitan

Assuming these allegations are not substantiated, how can someone perform such a graphic character assassination and receive such glee and celebration? This just seems like a horrible blood sport. Why would anyone make light of child sex abuse and/or slander someone like that? And how on earth is this celebrated and encouraged in the most televised event of the year??
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📚 natalie ✒️

this is a huge question tbh, but the short answer is: marginalized communities, especially Black ones, live outside the boundaries of justice. Powerful people get away with exploitation all the time because the energy required to fight it doesn't exist. As a result, a culture develops to cope with these conditions, and this is what you're looking at here. People have been sick of Drake's shit for a long time, and he finally picked on someone more powerful than he is. This is the result.
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@paparatti But how is it OK for powerful cultural institutions to endorse this and profit from it? "Hey Kendrick, we would be honoured if you got on the biggest stage in the world and repeat how Drake does it with minors".

I get that Drake can be annoying, and appropriates culture that isn't his. If anyone wants to insert him on a dis track go ahead, but the fact that this is a uniting cultural moment is sooo disturbing.

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I would say it's a little bit more complex than that, especially as Black culture has a lot of layered nuance to it that most outsiders miss and Lamar is a master of the game. It's not just about the individual crimes of Drake, it's also about finding justice where you can, how you can. Sometimes that means grabbing the nearest platform available and showing what you've got even if Hitler is standing over your shoulder (see: Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics).
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