Black Women Target Rap
From My Way News (AP):Maybe it was the credit card that rap superstar Nelly swiped through a woman's backside in a recent video. Here at Spelman, the most famous black women's college in the country, a feud has erupted over images of women in rap videos, sparking a petition drive and phone campaigns.
Nelly planned to visit Spelman earlier this month for a charity event enlisting students for a bone marrow registry. But the rapper canceled the appearance after hearing that a protest was in the works because of his videos - especially "Tip Drill," the one with the credit card, which also shows men throwing money between women's legs and women simulating sex acts with each other.
Misogyny in pop music, especially hip-hop, has been around for years. What's new, students say, is an explosion of almost-X-rated videos passed around on the Internet or shown late at night on cable channels like Black Entertainment Television, also known as BET.
Never before, students say, have the portrayals of black women been so hypersexual and explicit.
Matt's Chat
It is about time. This has been getting out of hand for quite some time. I'm sure there are liberals out there who think all this is just plain good fun; the reality is that this stuff is affecting The ChildrenTM and I always thought that meant something to you folks.Mark's Remarks
All I can say is, IT IS ABOUT TIME!!!! I am sick and tired of being bombarded with this garbage, of visual representation and words! When you allow behavior like this to be infused into culture, it denigrates women and their role.... The rap 'artists' can claim all they want it is only entertainment, but crime statistics about African American violence and mistreatment of women, including mistreatment across the board regardless of race show that this denigration of women in music is having an effect.
It is about time someone in the Black community took up arms against the denigration of women and the barbarism inherent in rap culture.
