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Katherine Russell is the widow of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers who died in the explosions.
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Hurricane Sandy was the most destructive hurricane in the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. 285 people were killed across the US, Canada and Caribbean and early cost estimates for the US government were upwards of $75 billion dollars.
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On July 20, 2012, a gunman, James Eagan Holmes, entered a showing of the The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, opening fire on the theater. He killed 12 people and injuring 58.
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Two pressure-cooker bombings during the annual Boston Marathon killed 3 people and injured 264
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Questioning the regulation of chemical safety laws, a West Fertilizer Co. fertilizer plant exploded in West Texas, across from a Middle School, on April 17, 2013. Fifteen people died and hundreds were injured.
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The auto industry just experienced their best April since 2007. Beating sales forecasts by analysts, Ford’s sales increased by 18% while GM and Chrysler’s deliveries went up by 11%.
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#Just sayin'…
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In an interview with MTV, Chance spoke about these lyrics on detail:
It’s a common stereotype that if someone talks in a more supposedly “civilized” manner within the black community, they think that they’re “talking white.” However, Chance’s parents still thought it was important that he spoke properly, enforcing not seeing color and seeing the values of life and people at an early age.
These lyrics also have a bit of irony in them given that Chance says “both my parents was black,” when the proper grammar would be “both my parents were black.”
When rapping about how people said he talked white he purposefully and jokingly emulates Eminem’s flow from the Slim Shady LP.
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Using the phrased “in a civilized manner” here is pretty loaded… It implies that AAVE is “uncivilized”. I would say use language that contrasts standard English with AAVE (African American Vernacular English)