Anonymous asked: You've said that white people don't belong in hip-hop, but why do you feel as an Asian woman that you get to decide who belongs and who doesn't? I'm sure any black person who thinks that hip-hop is exclusively black would NEVER accept you. Also, how do you feel about guys like Kool G Rap or Rakim, men who helped build the genre itself, who've made it very clear that they believe that hip-hop is for all races?

How would you know that they would never accept someone like me? I’m not rapping or trying to perform hip hop. Or do you mean they would never be friends with someone who’s not Black? The bullshit identity politics that you’re playing is not only anti-intellectual, but actively playing into the hands of white supremacy. My critiques of white people performing hip-hop is that hip-hop is a music rooted in a struggle that white people cannot ever experience, not just because they’re white. Learn the difference. The point of praxis is an important concept upon which a lot of this hinges.

As for your second question, not a single person in this world has kicked every shred of internalized racism in them.