Pointing out that patriotism and religion have always been used as weapons against people of color in the U.S., Monica Miller argues at BET that, like it or not, hip-hop artist Lil Wayne’s transgressive new single, “God Bless Amerika,” taps into the nation’s zeitgeist in the aftermath of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the shooting death…

Lauryn Hill is controversial and problematic, and not just to the Internal Revenue Service. The embattled former Fugee besmirches the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in her newest song, “Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix),” Monica Miller writes on BET.com. Miller says you can’t purport to tear down one social injustice while perpetuating another. Hill’s new…