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Date Posted: 09:47:24 04/15/08 Tue
Author: Erin Risch
Subject: Vying for the victim status

I know we all thought Ben Folds was a genius anyway, but now it's official. In Ben Folds' song "Rocking the Suburbs," he explains how he as the classic majority figure, a white male, has become a victim. He feels like everyone is now persecuting him because white males are known for persecuting others. I love how he now perceives hatred coming from others, scapegoating him for what his ancestors did.

Pardon the profanity . . . it's not one of his cleaner songs:

"Let me tell y'all what it''s like
Being male, middle class and white
Its a bitch, if you don't believe.
. . .
I got shit running through my brain
So intense that I can't explain
All alone in my white boy pain
. . .
In a haze these days
I pull up to the stoplight
I can feel that something's not right
I can feel that someone's blasting me
With hate and bass
Sending dirty vibes my way
Cause my great great great great grandad
Made someone's great great great great grandaddy slaves
It wasn't my idea
It wasn't my idea
It never was my idea."

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