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walking the tight rope
Walking the tight rope
The recent murder of Tupac Shakur is a great tragedy and a waste of
a young, promising life. Shakur at only 25 years-old had come to
represent a volatile mixture of youthful energy, exuberance, arrogance,
self-confidence and, at times, foolishness. He represented possibility
on the one hand and self-destruction on the other. What mustn't be
overlooked as the Hip-Hop Community mourns his loss is that there
are many young Black men like …
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…gifted, misguided, young poet who spoke with insight and
energy to his hip-hop world, but who committed the unpardonable sin
of using his immense poetic talents to degrade and debase the very
people who needed his positive words--his fans . . .
Kenneth Carroll is Washington coordinator of the WritersCorps
program which conducts writing workshops in D.C.
neighborhoods. His book "So What! For the White Dude Who
Said This Ain't Poetry" will be published in December.
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