Well i dont believe that they`re anti black,gay,racist whatever..The media just stir things up,its easy to accuse a white bald man with tattos of being racist...
More to the point if they were racist why would they even consider playing infront of fans in japan??not to mention when he(Phil Anselmo) offended some black girl in the crowd about something he had said he actually wrote her a letter apologizing for it...
Anyways that is always an argument and all you need to do is look on the Pantera home video dvds and you see a black guy in the back with them..
Oh yeah but about the song "rise" i believe he does talk about the meaning behind that song here in this interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDDnyzkHsqs
