Dr. Umar Johnson, a self-proclaimed "Pan-Afrikanist," appeared on "The Joe Budden Podcast," hosted by rapper Joe Budden. During the episode, Johnson vehemently attacked non-Black rappers for taking part in the hip-hop community, citing Eminem as an example.
"One of the issues I have [is] with the fact that we let non-Africans participate in our culture so much. They can do so as a hobby because whenever they want to take off their n-gga suit, they can put their White privilege suit right back on and pick up the privileges they had before they made the rap album," Johnson said.
Raising his voice, he continued, "Eminem has all the privileges of a White male, and the privileges of being in the hip-hop community. So we got to be careful about letting non-Africans come into our community, benefit or participate in our culture when they get to leave at the end of the night. Jane Elliott can leave at the end of the night."
Budden interrupted to ask, "You don’t think Eminem is one of the best rappers of all time?"
"Let me say something to you," Johnsoon shot back. "And this is going to my African fundamentalism. No non-African can ever be the best of anything African. It is an insult to the ancestors, it is an insult to the race, and it is an insult to every Black person," Johnson answered. "Do you think I could go to Palestine and be the best anything of Palestinian culture? You never see that. You think I could go to Israel and be the best of anything in Israel, whether it be a cook, an instrumentalist, a dancer — hell no."
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