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'Haole" literally means "foreigner" but in current Hawaiian style pidgin, means "whitey". And as concerning Rush's mispronunciation of Tupac Shakur (or similar incidents) I am sure he would be similarly slighting (if there was a slight) towards, say, Eminem, or anyone who glorifies a low-life of violence. hatred, or mayhem. Have you listened to Rush a lot? Because I have, (although not in the last 2+ years, since I moved to a small valley surrounded by mountains and I can barely get any radio stations except *GAG!!* NPR ) I think your're misreading Rush. He doesn't respect that "gangsta culture" or wannabes of such "culture". It's not a black thing, it's a general low=life thing. There's plenty of haole boys who follow that "gangsta wannabe" route, and they're poor miseries too.

One's birth circumstances are not inescapable, that is one thing Rush says. It makes it harder to escape from, if a person is born to a single drug addicted mother in a ghetto (for instasnce) but not impossible. God gives us free will, although not all equal hands of cards. Some people are born with a silver spoon (but maybe a set of kook parents!) and some are born in a broken poor family (but maybe a great grandparent who makes a difference!). So everyone has their conditioning that gives them challenges in life.
Regards.