keep it real = authentic

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

In a message dated 7/14/08 5:28:47 PM, hwgray at GMAIL.COM writes:


>
> As Chappelle uses the phrase, it appears to have little to do with
> authenticity. Rather, it appears to relate to maintaining one's social
> status in the face of any challenge thereto whatsoever
>
That is, giving authentic, unrestrained responses to challenges   rather than
controlled, unauthentic ones. Or at any rate that is exactly how "keep it
real" is used in the video.



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