RZA Clarifies His Recent Statements on Police Brutality

RZA recently drew the ire of a lot of people with his recent statements about police brutality by bringing up the notion that if Blacks would dress better it would prevent police harassment. Needless to say, the Internet went in on the Wu-Tang Clan co-founder. Now, he is clarifying his statements.

Recently taking to Twitter, Bobby Digital clapped back at those who argued he was selling out in the interveiw. "How can a original black man be a coon &sell out? You best look deep into my words &make an assessment. Do you still think pork is healthy?" he typed.

"I don't expect agreement with everything I say. I speak honestly from my own perspective &evaluation from my space time experience," he continued. "I could never condone police brutality or any form of injustice and oppression. Knowledge of self means studying self to improve self. Peace...I'm not condemning the kids for their garments. We live we should learn and evolve. When are we men at 21 or 41?"

RZA's initial statement in an interview with Bloomberg threw a lot of people off. In it, he noted, "When you think about some of the brothers who are being brutalized by the police, you also got to have them take a look, and us take a look , in the mirror, at the image we portray. If I’m a cop and every time I see a young black youth, whether I watch them on TV, movies, or just see them hanging out, and they’re not looking properly dressed, properly refined, you know, carrying himself, conducting himself proper hours of the day—things that a man does, you’re going to have a certain fear and stereotype of them."

We understand RZA's point, but there are Black people wearing Italian taylor-made suits who get harassed by the police across America every day. So, yeah.

Either way, check out the rest of his Twitter speech, below.

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