And now for some balance, some amateur anthropologising about America.
"This feeling of embarrassment, this shyness, this bashfulness, if you take that out of the people, then these people will do whatever they want to do. And that is the very definition of America, a people who have no shame, and therefore they do, whatever, they want, to do."Unknown, from the end of Phony Rappers by A Tribe Called Quest
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Was really struck by the quote when I heard it all those years ago.
Jon Ronson (in The Psycho Test) claims that anxiety is the opposite of psychopathy.
Sorry to be that guy, but it's not from the end of "Phoney Rappers", it's from the begining of "Get a Hold". 3rd song on the same Album (Beats, Rhymes and Life). Tribe was my favorite group in the 90's.
actually dude, it's the end of the 1st track, phony rappers. better go back and listen to 'beats, rhymes, & life'. you are still "that guy", but a different guy ;-). sa'll love.
It's a James Baldwin quote.. In case anyone cared to know who the unknown was/is
Good try...
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