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I don't get to go to movies unless they are family films so I'll be streaming just like you. As far as all of that drama with those dudes I remember it well and this was almost common knowledge. The only gangsta in the crew was Eazy E. These dudes were not crippin or bloodin/banging. DJ Quik was and was the first to bring that element to Hip-Hop. NWA was the first to be prominent out of Cali, but there was a huge undercurrent and funny enough the person to do it best was Ice T before NWA. By the time Ice Cube, and then Dre left that group, it was all about the money. Honestly they had some really tacky songs, but some really important ones as well. I do agree there is revisionist history happening probably, but NWA didn't even have gang affiliations. Hollywood actually did more to spread Gangsta rap and the gang issues than NWA ever did. Colors brought Crips and Bloods to the entire country. People outside of Cali didn't even know about the gangs until that film. As a matter of fact gangs were regional. NY had their gangs, The Midwest had their gangs which filtered to the south and the West Coast had their gangs. After Colors branches of gangs began to show up in every part of the country. NWA brought a lot of things to the mainstream and they sold a lot of records, but they did very little in contributing to Gangsta rap. As a matter of fact the whole idea of "gangsta" rap is a label that eventually led to groups like Compton's Most Wanted being signed and the Banging On Wax series of crips vs bloods. Hollywood glamorized it. You ever notice there aren't any Hollywood films or songs that are big about Gangsta Disciples or Vice Lords? The only prominent VL is Common and he's crossed over so much people don't even know he banged. There is a lot to discuss here.

The simple solution is one I've used at schools and in business discussions. Try for the first time in the history of Blacks to maintain a strong family unit. There has never at any time in our history been a strong family unit. Societal and political factors play a part of course, but if you want schools to get better, all it takes is parental involvement. I know this because I've taught at the poorest school in Mississippi 50 kids in each class and I saw those kids perform and many of them are now in college and doing very well. I've taught in one of the most economically challenged and diverse schools in California and I saw those kids all pretty much refugees overcome through family. They of course weren't Black, they were African, Latino and Asian but their families were powerful, broke, struggling, but committed. As poor as they were, those kids actually had families. Stop worrying about the world and get back to building. We absolutely can not control anything outside of our family. So my answer to ending racism... f--k racism and keep it moving and rebuild families. If it's bringing granny back into the home, or having two moms, people have to start loving these kids man. A loved kid can accomplish incredible things. That is as simple as it gets. I have to ask you why is that Cynique's generation kicked so much ass and ours isn't? I know damn well things were much, much worse and the resources were twice as limited so tell me Troy why aren't we doing better with so much more available to us?