Bomb the Suburbs
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Reception
The editor of Newcity has identified Bomb the Suburbs as "perhaps the definitive work of hip-hop literature".[3]
Bomb The Suburbs led to subsequent books and political activism.[4] In an essay in his No More Prisons compilation, entitled "In Defense of Rich Kids", Wimsatt responded to class based critique of his social privilege: <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />
"You can hate me if you want to. I am the beneficiary of a very unfair system. The system gives me tons of free money for doing nothing, yet it forces you to work two and three jobs just to get out of debt."[5]
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References
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