Channels of Rage

The Channels of Rage film was interesting. It put this conflict of peace and rights into different terms. (I was confused who Kobi was. Is he Subliminal or someone else?)
There was a conversation that happened in the very beginning of the film that I cannot stop thinking about. They said something like, "The problem isn't between Tamar and Kobi, because if it was then they would just battle it out and then it would be fine." And someone else replied, "That's just the thing, the problem IS between Tamar and Kobi."
I think that this scene was profound. These two guys are friends. They are friends from very different backgrounds, with different political and religious views, and they are actively pursuing change through rap. They have similar interests but are also very different. In this scene one of the guys, who I think was Tamar, is stating that there is no problem between him and Kobi; they are fine. Someone else states that the problem is between him and Kobi. It is between them because of all that they stand for. There is baggage behind this friendship and it cannot be fixed by simply rap-battling. This scene reinstated how deep political, cultural, and religious views run. They are sometimes impossible to look past. These are not just two rappers but rather men that stand as icons for their cultures. While the problem might not be directly between these two men, the problem IS between these two men because of all that they stand for and represent. Peace is hard...