Lanre Bakare
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569 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 7 Aug
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So Bill Cosby, R. Kelly, and Michael Jackson.
And often the argument is rooted in this idea that
Look, historically, African-Americans have been treated horrendously.
You've obviously got the 400 years of slavery.
You've got Jim Crow.
And then you've got racist practices leading up to today that continue that we all know about.
So when someone who is a huge figure within the black community is then shot at, people say, well, hang on a minute.
Yeah, Michael Jackson might have done some of these things.
We don't know.
They're accusations or allegations.
But we know for sure the way that black Americans have been treated by the state, let alone the music industry.
Yeah, so why do we have to attack him as well?
We're not going to join in.
We're not going to do that.
And I think there is a weird dynamic there where African-Americans are often asked to defend Michael Jackson or come out and denounce him.
The reason that Michael Jackson is Michael Jackson is because white America embraced him.
The reason he sold 80 million copies of Thriller isn't because African-Americans bought it.
It's because white people bought it as well.
And everybody was making absolutely loads of money out of him.
That's the reason Michael Jackson became Michael Jackson.
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