October 2007
17 posts
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this is bad.
The 5 Percenters
“Clarence 13X taught that eighty-five percent of the population is made up of ignorant, unlearned and uncivilized people who need to be led. This eighty-five percent are believed to have no “knowledge of self”. Ten percent of the population have some knowledge of self, however, they use this knowledge to wield control over the eighty-five percent. Lastly, he considered the...
International text makes this my most expensive tumblr post to date
black power
think of all the little white suburban kids out there looking up to black rappers. think of how much the lexicon of current day frat boys has been formed by hip hop. there’s a few black men in this country that have a LOT of (unrealized?) power over future generations of americans. could malcolm x have ever envisoned this kind of direct influence? or huey or bobby seale? imagine IF -...
IM NOT HERE
i just saw “im not there” at BAFTA. it reminded me of smoking weed with my friend larry in college and exchanging dylan anecdotes (that we had read or extrapolated). like those hazy stoned days the movie had moments of sparkling genius and gripping depth surrounded by a lot of ridiculous, unfocused, tenuous connections, fanboy obsessiveness, and personal indulgences.
and because...
Testing out texting to tumblr
heartbreaker
jaymay: would u say u r a heartbreakerer?
ben dickinson: someone called me that
ben dickinson: i don't MEAN to be
jaymay: ha.
ben dickinson: people have fucked up expectations
jaymay: agreed.
jaymay: or maybe yre not so crazed bout those peeps n u jsut dont realize irt
ben dickinson: eeeeeek