Topic: Read a motherfu
- Sep 24, 2007 03:14am by TheRevGetDown Location: Austin
So a lot of folks got their panties all in a bunch over this video by poet Bomani Armah which is getting airtime as a PSA on BET:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN2VqFPNS8w
The author, a creative writing teacher in DC, first wrote the song as part of a writing workshop and it was later picked up by BET. CNN gathered a focus group of mostly upper class and middle aged black folks that argued that it stereotypes blacks and that questionable language should never be included in a cartoon video. I find it hard to believe this could be more offensive than the music and the videos that it satirizes. I see this as a poignant critique of the state of commercial mainstream hip hop music and the ridiculous lengths one has to go to reach kids with messages they need to hear. Of course, there's hypocrisy in the fact that this BET-sponsored video is critiquing the very things perpetuated by that network but I don't have any problem with the video itself. Anyone disagree? Does anyone find this video racist, sexist or otherwise offensive?
- Sep 24, 2007 06:25am by Talysman
we had a discussion about this video a while back - check out the link below:
[url=http://www.hiphopkc.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=3598&highlight=]BET Be on That BullSh!t[/url]
I think that was the name of it...
- Sep 24, 2007 01:36pm by TheRevGetDown Location: Austin
My bad...looks like I'm several months late on this debate. It's been in the news lately though due to some recent protests.
- Sep 24, 2007 01:58pm by Talysman
Protests? Like people have been protesting the cartoon - or is this a run-off of the whole Jena situation?
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Is it me or is anyone getting shot dirty looks from non-minorities, just like when OJ got off?
Im sooo glad I don't watch television.
- Sep 25, 2007 08:11am by phism
i blame white people.
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[quote:a8e2f8b038="TheRevGetDown"]So a lot of folks got their panties all in a bunch over this video by poet Bomani Armah which is getting airtime as a PSA on BET:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN2VqFPNS8w
The author, a creative writing teacher in DC, first wrote the song as part of a writing workshop and it was later picked up by BET. CNN gathered a focus group of mostly upper class and middle aged black folks that argued that it stereotypes blacks and that questionable language should never be included in a cartoon video. I find it hard to believe this could be more offensive than the music and the videos that it satirizes. I see this as a poignant critique of the state of commercial mainstream hip hop music and the ridiculous lengths one has to go to reach kids with messages they need to hear. Of course, there's hypocrisy in the fact that this BET-sponsored video is critiquing the very things perpetuated by that network but I don't have any problem with the video itself. Anyone disagree? Does anyone find this video racist, sexist or otherwise offensive?[/quote:a8e2f8b038]
I find this video very sexist, degrading, ignorant, and jigabooish.
