I think the song in itself is a racist song, the ‘unnecessary division between minority groups’ subtext, that you made mention of, is more of a by-product than the actual message. In terms of what’s actually there, it seems to be simply a song about how Ice Cube hates the people who run the local convenience store, because he believes that they view all black people as thieves, I am pretty sure that the idea that they are really in the same boat, didn’t actually occur to him.
I think the song in itself is a racist song, the ‘unnecessary division between minority groups’ subtext, that you made mention of, is more of a by-product than the actual message. In terms of what’s actually there, it seems to be simply a song about how Ice Cube hates the people who run the local convenience store, because he believes that they view all black people as thieves, I am pretty sure that the idea that they are really in the same boat, didn’t actually occur to him.