The Best Empire State of Mind Parody - Newark State of Mind - Jay-Z Alic...

What are your thoughts on this? A lot of people are pretty upset about it, but the truth hurts sometimes and this is America. We do have freedom of speech. Do you think people have the right to be upset or should they take a look at how the city comes off and how people of different races are viewing the city? Newark has come a long way, but just like many cities across the country there is still a long way to go. Mayor Booker has done a great job in my opinion with what he took over and made great strides to improve the city.

I think it goes a little hard on the city and residents of Newark, but it is the feelings of many people that I have talked to Black, White, and Hispanic. So this view is not just segregated to one race of people, but shared by people across all cultures.

Sometimes we have to be able to laugh at ourselves and respect peoples rights to their own opinions. Violence and ignorance wont solve anything and will just lead to the continued view of an area that may or may not deserve such harsh criticism.