William upski wimsatt6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Whites don’t have the first clue about what it’s really like to grow up in the ghetto, and they don’t have the first clue what it’s really like to be black. Ultimately, it’s because whites don’t know any better. Some more mixing is needed, and he addresses why it hasn’t been happening. What Upski is getting at, ultimately, is that the city should go to the suburbs, and the suburbs should go to the city. ![]() Economically, they intensify inequality by isolating the rich and poor.” It should be noted that he means “bomb” as in, graffiti. Culturally, they erode the sense of history, narrow the outlook, and dull the imagination. ![]() The suburbs are the culprit, but more importantly for Upski, the suburb “is one of the most important metaphors for where our heads our today.” He has a laundry list of what the suburb accomplishes as well: “Socially, they intensify segregation and mistrust. ![]() I listen to the Tribe, and one of my favorite artists is Basquiat, but I don’t have the first idea of what it means to be black, and this book clued me in as to why. He’s a white kid who could be with the black guys. Upski looks at race, hip-hop, and graffiti from the perspective of a chameleon. Cashus D calls it “a missing link between cultures,” and I’d like to think that this collection of essays, stories, interviews, and editorials has done much for myself, a total white boy. William Wimsatt Upski wrote a book called Bomb the Suburbs, and on the back is a description by Cashus D that is as tantalizing as it is damning. ![]()
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