commending a lot of the bad boys of gangsta rap at the time, this is the landscape of people like nwa, coming out of los angeles where coolio was based, and if you like, they were glorifying through their lyrics, straight out of compton, again where coolio was swum, they were glorifying the bad boy business, the guns, whereas he was more reflective and thinking, hang on a second, we re not going to live forever, let s take the perspectives from a gangsta realising his own mortality, and itjust captured the world. i must say, it s important to put it in the context of the film dangerous minds, like blackboard jungle 50 years before, this was the soundtrack of a film that will be forgotten about because the singles for blackboard jungle was rock around the clock, but
it calls her an outsider. it calls her exotic. let s talk about her from gangland. there was a tabloid story that she came straight out of compton. a part of los angeles which had a fairly rough reputation. that allusion with all of that racialized baggage, it s very potent. i read stuff from certain writers who said, well, we can absolutely understand why he s in love with her and why he fancies her, but don t marry her. it is racism. it s totally racism. i do think that a lot of the press coverage of meghan markle has been, yeah, extraordinarily sour, misogynist, and i would say implicitly racist. that must have been a shock to her and very wounding.
it s sexist. it calls her an outsider. it calls her exotic. let s talk about her from gangland. there was a tabloid story that she came straight out of compton. a part of los angeles which had a fairly rough reputation. that allusion with all of that racialized baggage, it s very potent. i read stuff from certain writers who said, well, we can absolutely understand why he s in love with her and why he fancies her, but you don t marry her. it is racism. it s totally racism. i do think that a lot of the press coverage of meghan markle has been, yeah, extraordinarily sour, misogynist, and i would say implicitly racist. that must have been a shock to her and very wounding.
teaming up for the first time in years to play doubles the new york palace hotel brought the two together for an interview for the today show this whole journey will be emotional. i ve been playing it my whole entire life reporter: straight out of compton, they fell in love with the sport at a young age going pro in their early teens, and changing the face of a game historically dominated by white players. growing up, i never thought i was different, because the number one player in the world was somebody who looked like me reporter: the tennis icon has claimed 23 grand slam championships, the most of any player in the open era, just shy of the all-time high while one more is on the line this tournament, serena williams has already won greatness. emilie ikeda, nbc news, queens, new york all rooting for her. still ahead, the man on a mission to honor world war ii heros with his powerful portraits
positions. will packer. you know his films straight out of compton. i don t go out on dates with guys who don t open the door for me. really? seriously. yes. oh, man. here we go. freeze! how you say freeze? freeze. freeze. freeze. okay. come on! let s get down whew! glamor rise gangs and drugs. packer s work has tackled and sometimes shaped social change in america. he s everybody engaged on