![]() However there are intersections at how the Palestinian body and Black body are policed within their homes and communities. The Palestinian body is not globally recognized a threat. The Palestinian body is not under this same form of attack. Regardless of how they attempt to make their bodies valuable, they are surveilled and criminalized, even subject to state-sanctioned murder. In “Neighbors” Cole paints an accurate picture of a country where Black people are under attack simply for living. “Neighbors” provides a perfect opportunity to highlight the main commonality and difference between the Black and Palestinian experience. Black Palestinian solidarity is a nuanced, emerging movement. This is a point that was highlighted at the “When I See Them, I See Us” event. Although the Black body is often used as synonymous for various forms of oppression, the analogy is often quite inaccurate. viewpoint, very often the Black body becomes synonymous with any form of oppression. J.Cole speaks from an American perspective, but the criminalization of the Black body is global. In these lyrics, Cole highlights that Black people are constantly mistreated and systematically criminalized regardless of how hard they work to decriminalize their bodies. J.Cole raps:ĭeath / taxes / and a racist society that make / J.Cole’s song “Neighbors” is a narrative of the SWAT team raid referenced above. More interesting that the documentary itself was considering J.Cole’s experiences and these themes alongside the February panel “When I See Them, I See Us: Black Palestinian Solidarity in an Age of Struggle,” part of NYU Gallatin’s Black History Month. These two experiences highlight themes of racial discrimination and government militarization. He runs into Mike Brown’s older cousin, who chauffeurs him to the memorial. The second scene shows J.Cole attempting to find Mike Brown’s memorial. Ten heavily armed officers, with rifles and bulletproof vests, bang down his front door and shift his security cameras so their actions will remain unseen. The first is when J.Cole’s house is raided by a SWAT team because his neighbors suspected him to be a drug dealer. From the documentary two scenes stand out. It is a short 2016 documentary that consists of J.Cole rapping songs from his most recent album of the same name, spliced with footage from his travels through Greensboro, Alabama, Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Ferguson, Missouri. Since his career began in 2007 he's released a total of seven studio albums, including Cole World: The Sideline Story, (2011), Born Sinner, (2013), 2014 Forest Hills Drive, (2014), For Your Eyez Only, (2016), KOD, (2018), The Off-Season, (2021), and The Fall Off, (TBA), one live album, which is Forest Hills Drive: Live From Fayetteville, NC, (2016), three compilation albums, which included Revenge of the Dreamers (with Dreamville Records), (2014), Revenge of the Dreamers II (with Dreamville Records), (2015), and Revenge of the Dreamers III (with Dreamville Records), (2019), three extended plays, which includes Truly Yours, (2013), Truly Yours 2, (2013), and Lewis Street, (2020), and four mixtapes, which are The Come Up, (2007), The Warm Up, (2009), Friday Night Lights, (2010), and It's a Boy, (2020).This past weekend I watched J.Cole’s 4 Your Eyez Only. Cole, is a German musician, singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and basketball player, who performs the genres of rap and hip hop. Cole- The BP3 Tour - Greensboro, NC-2 Jermaine Lamar Cole (born: Janu( ) ), better known professionally as simply J.
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