Egypt and Libya are both located in continental Africa. However if you asked most people, they would consider these two countries to be in the Middle East. This is because their culture is very similar to middle eastern countries.

This is concerning to people of African descent for many reasons. Egypt in particular was one of the most successful civilizations in human history. By saying that Egypt is a part of the Middle East is taking away from Africa’s heritage and pride.

The year this is taking place is 1977, the height of the disco era. In this episode it shows a clip of a news report saying that 1977 had the highest sales of disco records ever.

Hip-hop was still very underground at this point and no record company would sign a hip-hop act. It wouldn’t be until 1979 when Sugarhill Gang released Rapper’s Delight that hip-hop would be introduced to a public audience.

Disco needed to die off so hip-hop could live and flourish. People involved in “the get down” saw that hip-hop could better represent their situation than disco. Hip-Hop had a grittier sound that appealed to people living in run-down New York. Disco was starting to sound boring and monotonous. When their neighborhoods were burning and overwhelmed by violence, the youth turned to hip-hop to express their struggles.

This statement highlights the beliefs held by the Nation of Islam. First, they believed that all white people were devils. The “grafted” part comes from the idea that white men were created by skin grafts. The person who created them is known as Yakub who was a black scientist. Yakub is actually Jacob who can be found in the bible. The Nation if Islam belief is:

6 ,600 years ago, Yakub was responsible for creating the white race to be a “race of devils”. He is said to have done this through a form of selective breeding referred to as “grafting”, while living on the island of Patmos.

This verse is also used in a remix for Goodies by Ciara.

I’m not sure if it was an official remix but the verse is longer and in my opinion better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_wNjKp4QSI

The indigenous peoples of North America were eradicated by Europeans and their descendants from the time of initial colonization to the last indian warrior surrending. This was in some cases a systematic and intentional holocaust in the name of land gains. It should also be noted that a large percentage of Native Americans died from European diseases which they had no immunity to, in effect, creating an unintentional holocaust.

A particularly awful act done against the indigenous people by the U.S government was The Trail of Tears. A forced relocation ordered by the highly racist president Andrew Jackson. The Native Americans were subjected to horrible conditions along this route and over 10,000 perished