So Sad

I ride BART to and from work every day. I see a lot of strange people and observe a lot of interesting things.

This morning from MacArthur to Berkeley, I witnessed a very young mother (maybe 17?) singing to her child. How sweet I thought. Then I stopped reading a moment and listened. She was singing a denigrating gangsta' rap song to her child. Mind you, she wasn't censoring out anything.

I am all for people doing whatever they want, as long as it hurts nobody else, but this was so shocking and vile to me that I feel ill inside. Children completely absorb information at such a small age and the song (if you want to call that a song - early rap rhymed and people needed talent to succeed) was really awful content wise and as a lullaby.

Before I could shake off the shock of it, I had to exit the train.