THANK YOU RICK! I have been saying this since I joined this wonderful place. You mentioned that many white kids are listening to rap..I feel that Rap may be the one thing that overcomes the unreasonable stupidity of racism. They tell you why they're angry and frightend and hopeless. Just listen, then do what you can do to help. If there is anything. Our children hear them, thank goodness. Maybe now something will be different. Pretty good stuff, some of it, huh? Poetry. Folk? Yeah. That this is recognized here brings tears to my eyes. I'm not a big rap fan. I don't listen to it often, only when my son brings something to my attention, but I recognize why he likes it.

love, annap