Public Enemy “Fear of a Black Planet”
Posted on December 3, 2007
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During my last year in high school, my friend gave me a copy of Fear of a Black Planet
In college, I bought the CD at a used music store. It was missing the front cover, but that didn’t matter. I had just gotten a six changer CD player and was excited to use it. I owned no CD’s at the time and needed to buy at least six.
Raised in a black community, I wasn’t really aware of my minority status until I went away to college. “Did you know that most people in the US aren’t black? Walking down the street, the people you see are mostly white,” I told my parents on the phone one day. I thought I was informing them, but they laughed dismissively. I was serious. I had no idea.
My new knowledge of the world made me like Public Enemy even more. They had something to say. At the time I was just becoming aware of the injustices around me. I was sixteen and thought I could change everything—right every wrong. You can see by looking around you, it didn’t quite work out. I haven’t stopped trying though.
My favorite tracks on the CD are Burn Hollywood Burn, Fear of a Black Planet, and Fight the Power.
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