Yes, There Really Is A Hip-Hop Store In Florence Called "Black Monkey"
I can't decide which is less likely: that hip-hop fans are raging racists, or that they're really this ignorant. Being an optimist, I usually go with "ignorant."
Posted by Virginia Postrel on March 28, 2009 in
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