Thursday, September 27, 2007

Hip Hop vs. Who?

Ok who watched Hip Hop vs. America? I mean come on people to place the blame of depicting women in a derogatory manner on hip hop is simply ridiculous. Sex and women have been around since the beginning. Women are powerful, knowing how and when to use that power is the question. I do not care how a rap artist depict women, I know who I am. It's entertainment! I do not care about the influence it may have on kids or specifically my daughter, I am her mother, hip hop is not raising her, I am.
We cannot blame hip-hop for something that we are suppose to be doing in our homes. We cannot blame the tragic state that our children are in on hip hip. Where is the responsibility of the parents? Yes, hip hop artist like many other celebrity figures have a level of responsibility for what is being said and shown in the video's, but where do we draw the line? Most of them are parents as well. If you are going to check the hip hop industry, check the porn stores, the strip clubs, the organized prostitution that is taking place everyday.
Unfortunately, Black people are harder on each other than any other race. On top of that, we find it hard to support each other. We sit back and watch, complain and blame, when we should be uplifting and tapping into our real power. For some reason we refuse to. Maybe that's part of us being brought to America and trying to assimilate in a society that does not understand or accept us, so ultimately, we do not want to understand and accept each other.
Let me end by saying that sex sells, and it will forever sell, I think the change that has taken place is that it is more visible and we have more access to it. Music is the universal language and so is sex. And again folks, we live in America, we do have choices, don't let your higher education limit your ability to reason and see things for what they really are.

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