Kin Camell Heavy Weight Heavenly Tape

Shift heavy weight

With every state, 

Mint Condition

Kin's rthyhm 

Listen 

To the Heavenly Tapes 

No petty stakes

The stakes is high

I just raised the vibe

Kin's in a rush to stay high

As the cost of livin

Its odd gist found God

And lost my religion

Heavenly Tapes & Ebony Gates

 In private and public

Kin's Tribe gets Love quick

Thy friends lyin if they dont bump this

(Potent)  Heavenly Tapes 

(Got ya open) like Ebony Gates

(Im in Oakland) no Pearly Gates

They say 

Im ol and thirty eight

And past midlife

Its brash , shits right

Im not shocked 

My pops didnt make it to 50

Kenneth cant escape this sticky

Risky bunnies 

No jokeI dwiftly send hits

In private and public

Kin's Tribe gets love quick

My pens' lines is published

Kin

Quotes So Dope

Since

Hope dont float

The Bay Stay Chilly

And the way they play is illy

My folks got smoked like potes and Phillies

Deep in these streets 

Is a crash course

Eat then retreat

Mash forth 

From the Bottoms

Ta Compton

Ta Harmem

Ta Holland

Im Haulin

In private and public

The pen writes swift subjects

And adjusted

Lifes a path with bunches

Of crisis

Most folks fiend for green

Somethin mean

Whos the nicest ?

With No Henny

No Remi

Gist A few vices

Like tattoos of Isis.

In private and public...

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Raised by Hella Women + Television

 Growing up I was raised by hella women and television so MTV had a heavy influence on my perception of what beauty is and what success is. I wasnt shocked to find out that MTV refused to play Micheal Jackson and Prince music videos until artists like Rick James threatened to organize a boycott. I thought Madonna was the prettiest woman and Van Halen were the coolest band. This was my first battle with White Supremacy manifesting itself in an institution (entertainment industry). Fortunately I went to elementary school in Berkeley where I learned to love people and cultures from Vietnamese to Nigerian to French (multicultral education). I learned antiracist education by learning that The Civil Rights Movement was a fight for Human Rights not just Black (Highly Melanted) people's rights.

As I mentioned before I was the only Melanated/Black guy at a private school in Larkspur (Marin County) however I didn't mention my classmates used to touch my hair out of lack of knowledge and I wasn't accustomed to this reaction from my classmates  since I had only lived in Berkeley Ca, and North Oakland ,Ca. I didn't get angry when I was confronted with these awkward culture shock moments since I aspired to be the anti stereotypical Black dude. With that being said I learned to adjust my vernacular (code switch) as I navigated between the paradoxes of Oakland and Marin County which enabled me to navigate through a county of Whiteness.

My cultural authenticity (born in the land of The Black Panther Party For Self Defense + Oakland Raiders) was and still plays a major role in my identity. And as I previously shared  "in order to reduce racial tension or the ignorance and fear that racism breeds I admit to treading on the line of being the racquet ball club side of myself and an Oakland version of Bryant Gumble " however I did not compromise my integrity and neither did Bryant Gumble .

 Based on professor Boza's research I concluded income /wage disparity is the most convincing explanation for the U.S educational gap which is a byproduct of White Supremacy disguised as Classism. The U.S federal minimum wage is $ 15 / hour and depending on which state you live in  and which industry you work in you will not make $15 / hour. therefore your quality of life suffers and the probability increases that the educational gap widens for all people in this demographic . I was surprised by some of the statistics professor Boza shared such as the U.S average GPA (grade point average) for college students based on race. The GPA data was relatively close; Asian 3.26, White 3.09, Hispanic/Latino 2.84, Black 2.69 .

Thanks to previous Ethnic Studies courses I had some familiarity with property taxes funding local schools which often results in low income areas ending up with substandard (unequal) schools. So I was refreshed to encounter an insightful article discussing the U.S educational achievement gap. The Center For American Progress is dedicated to bridging the equality and achievement gaps to counter the "growing levels of income and wealth inequality which are contributing to long standing racial and ethnic gaps in education outcomes , occupation outcomes etc.- "Robert Lynch and Patrick Oakford" 

I love how professor Boza concisely explained "social capital is who you know whereas cultural capital is what you know".  Due to my love of sports music and drugs my social capital was always wealthy although my cultural capital status was tested. In the 8th grade my English teacher (Mr Kuilty) took my rhymes/poem I was writing and threw it in the trash. He said I don't know why people waste their time on this stuff... I lost respect for him as a teacher ,fortunately I passed his class . I guess my Pidgin was to difficult for him to decipher. 

According to sociologists Prudence Carter "it's possible for a non dominant group to possess cultural capital".Prudence used music as an example of cultural capital noting that "African American/ Melanated youth whose direct access to underground hip hop music" provides a sense of value exclusivity due to mainstream America being too far removed from independent/underground music (non corporate). Therefore contrary to Mr Kilty's perspective and  french sociologist Peierre Bourieu's definition of cultural capital, non dominant groups can also dictate cultural capital.

                                              Work Cited

Golash-Boza, Tanya Maria. Race and Racism a critical approach New York : Oxford University Press 2015.https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2014/11/10/100577/the-economic-benefits-of-closing-educational-achievement-gaps/

KiN Camell Lifes a Witch

Face it 

This is

The Matrix 

Find ya glitch

Life's a witch

She likes my bic

And my pen she guides

Fam its been every night

Jam like the fly band with Barry White

Kenneth's 

gift is 

Unlimited Love but,

She's on a mission ery day

So Cheef's stickin 

to hittin Mary J

In a land of lust

Grim and damned 

Is the trust

Holy Moly

The globe is cold

Liks 5 goalies

Im from 

Where some 

Wanna be like Goldie

In the Mack

When in fact

Uncle Sam

Scams and pimps us all

Mam, my pens just raw

(No LOL

In a land of lust)

Kin Camell Observation of Ultimate Entitlement

 In a direct display of what I call "Ultimate Entitlement" aka Darwin’s natural selection Countries have yet to recover from the U.S’s and Europe's exploitation of foreign natural resources. These depleted foreign economies  force people  to immigrate to European countries, or the U.S as a means of survival. Consider the pillaging of King Leopold (Belgium) in the Congo, Cecil Rhodes (England) in South Africa, Hernan Cortes (Spain) in Mexico, Columbus (Spain) in the Caribbean ,John Watts (England) in India and King Louis XlV in the Southern U.S.

The French Colonists aka European invaders built Canada while destroying the Indigenous population and in an attempt to make amends the Canadian government has attempted to reform immigration policy. The Canadian government has allocated land and funds for Indegenous people. Canada has also instituted programs for immigrants to receive sponsorship  from residents to assist in the transition from immigrant to citizen.Sweden has a progressive and humane immigration policy  while the U.S detains immigrants for nonviolent crimes such as; trespassing. The U.S economy relies on the services and labor of illegal and legal immigrants so immigrants are an asset as opposed to  liabilities. The Department of Justice and The Library of Congress provide overwhelming statistics that show just how absurd the previous U.S President (Trump'') border wall aspirations are. A day without  “illegal Latinos'' will cause the U.S economy to collapse. The agricultural,restaurant, construction and hospitality industries will not be able to survive without “illegal immigrants''. Until living conditions are improved in 3rd world countries then people will continue to migrate and “ caravan” in search of the warmth of other suns.

Actions will always speak louder than words and Canada realizes the nightmares they inflicted upon the Indigenous tribes so  humane immigration policies are necessary since every human deserves the opportunity to thrive and live their dreams.