A Case Of Mistaken Identity

During an interview on MSNBC'S news network a news corespondent Contessa Brewer introduced the Rev. Jessie Jackson as the Rev. Al Sharpton even though he was looking right at him on the monitor.

After an unforgettable facial expression Rev. Jessie Jackson corrected her and let her know that he was in fact the Rev. Jessie Jackson.

She replied I know who you are but I was reading the script and it said Rev. Al Sharpton.

It was just an honest mistake on her part. She was performing the task for which she gets paid. She reads about the news from a script and doesn't really care about the news that she reports.

It didn't mean that she thinks that all African-Americans look alike. It simply meant that she acted insensitively and didn't take the time to care who she was interviewing.

I tried to remain objective on this story but I have to call it like I see it.

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"Is Horrorcore To Blame?"

About a month ago a young man who calls himself Syko Sam, aka Richard Mcroskey travelled to Virginia from California to meet with his 16 year old girl friend that he met on a Horrorcore website.

The self-proclaimed Horrorcore rapper was allowed to stay at the young lady's parents home by the parents.

This decision turned out to be fatal. Because after they all went to horrorcore concert. Including the parents.

Syko Sam horribly murdered everyone in the his girlfriends home including a female vistor.

The murders were so horrific that the police declined to describe the scene in the house.

Is Horrorcore to blame? I would say partially because Horrorcore rap embraces violence, especially murder.

In my opinion the Horrorcore genre of rap is especially attractive to those young people who feel powerless. They gain power from reciting lyrics about what they would do to those who oppose them. Murder, dismemberment, and unthinkable violence.

Syko Sam choose to hide behind Horrorcore rap. He is a homicidal maniac who unfortunately preyed on a 16 year old girl, her family and her friend.

On an ironic note the 16 year old girls mother was a Criminal Justice Professor but didn't see the danger.

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