Following a New York grand jury’s decision Wednesday not to indict an NYPD officer involved in the apparent chokehold death of Eric Garner for apparently selling untaxed cigarettes, like many others around the country Azealia Banks took to Twitter to express herself and vent her frustration with the news.
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The Harlem rapper stated the need for black students to be properly educated on their history and empowered in schools by more than “your people’s necks at the foot of the WP [White Power]” and wrote of her own feelings of helplessness in the situation, asking, “Why does this country want us to hate ourselves so much?”
But eventually she turned her attention to Iggy Azalea, calling out the Australian rap-phenom’s popular ascent as racist.
its funny to see people Like Igloo Australia silent when these things happen… Black Culture is cool, but black issues sure aren’t huh?
— AZEALIA ? BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014
If you’re down to ride with us bitch you gotta RIDE ALL THE WAY
— AZEALIA ? BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014
Don’t just be down to ride Black Dick….. If you with us you WITH US!!!!
— AZEALIA ? BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014
LOL… IM PETTY, but its so true, ugh, that wannabe black girl shit makes me wanna throw a jar of my piss at her LMFAOOOO.
— AZEALIA ? BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014
Like, fill a jar with piss and mayo and eggs and just dump that shit on that bitch’s head LMFAOOOOOOO
— AZEALIA ? BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014
“EVERYBODY WANNA BE BLACK, BUT DON’T NOBODY WANNA BE BLACK” – PAUL MOONEY
— AZEALIA ? BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014
And the media needs to STOP trying to move igloo in on what Nicki has established.
— AZEALIA ? BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014
Nicki is a hard-working rap-BEAST. stop trying to degrade and BELITTLE Our culture with this fucking kkk iggy shit.
— AZEALIA ? BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014
*TUH* – Head Negress Is Done for the night, she’s going back in her cave to brew her pots and play with her beady beads. Talk Later.
— AZEALIA ? BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014
AND I DARE THAT SHOE-SHINING COON T.I TO SAY SOMETHING.
— AZEALIA ? BANKS (@AZEALIABANKS) December 4, 2014
As we learned when Snoop Dogg started beef with Azalea over Instagram in October, she’s not one to just take harassment without sticking up for herself. Still, as of publishing, she had not responded to Azalea nor the Garner decision.
For what it’s worth, Nicki Minaj — who Banks mentioned as establishing something that Azalea has moved in on — had not said anything about the Garner decision online either.