i wanted to post this by dr edward rhymes

i think he has a few good points but some of the article is shite.

first, what i'm getting from the article is he's blaming 'the man' (the man being the white man) for hip hop and rap. cause the man owns all record labels and recording studios and every other thing in the universe (while i agree to an extent the world IS indeed owned by the good ol' white boy network, i also know many a rap, hip hop and OTHER types of music are owned by, produced by and distributed by black-owned or people-of-color owned companies). there is NO equality however. white man wins (understand, i do NOT think that's right)

dr rhymes states white music (in addition to gangsta rap, hip hop) also has horrid lyrics - lyrics about murder, killings, drugs and certainly treating women in a more than derogatory fashion. i couldn't agree with you MORE there dr. rhymes. i'm only going to talk about the misogyny portion here. not enough space OR time right now to talk about the death and blood and drug portions. so let's STOP IT ALL in ALL colors of music (does music HAVE a color dr rhymes?). let's teach our children, both our grrrls AND our boys to treat each OTHER with respect. let's teach our children grrrls and women are NO LESS equal than our boys and men. let's teach them grrrls and women MUST be treated with honor. they are NOT to be owned and used and abused and treated like 'hos' and 'bitches'. let's teach ALL of our children that, ALL COLORS of our children.

not only do i NOT like the music of snopp dogg, but i sure as hell DO NOT like the music of kid rock or eminem or guns n' roses or on and on and on. i'm NOT afraid of sexuality in music (the songs of leonard cohen, the early works of al green, prince singing 'do me baby' or tim buckley singing 'get on top') but it has to be a GOOD HEALTHY sexuality. one where women DO NOT get hurt mentally OR physically

p.s. dr rhymes, i watched sex and the city for one FULL episode and i attempted to watch it twice more. it made my stomach churn. i HATED it. i felt it did a giant disservice to ALL women. what makes me angriest is how many women, my friends included, LOVED that show. i simply do NOT understand. dr rhymes i also think if, let's say nicole kidman flashed her nipple for a milisecond in the halftime show at the superbowl, things would have proceeded EXACTLY the same way as it did when janet jackson did it. think about it.........

let's all stop pointing our fingers and let's all EDUCATE EDUCATE EDUCATE (and it doesn't hurt to lead by example)

Caucasian Please! America's Cultural Double Standard For Misogyny & Racism

By Dr. Edward Rhymes, Black Agenda Report. Posted June 26, 2007.

.........Introduction
In this composition I will not be addressing the whole of hip-hop and rap, but rather hardcore and gangsta rap. It is my assertion that the mainstream media and political pundits -- right and left -- have painted rap and hip-hop with a very broad brush. Let me be perfectly clear, hardcore and gangsta rap is not listened to, watched, consumed or supported in my home and never has been. I will not be an apologist for anything that chooses to frame the dialogue about Black women (and women in general) and Black life in morally bankrupt language and reprehensible symbols.
In the wake of MSNBC's and CBS's firing of Don Imus, the debate over misogyny, sexism and racism has now taken flight -- or submerged, depending on your point of view............

..........Gangsta and hardcore rap is the product of a society that has historically objectified and demeaned women, and commercialized sex. These dynamics are present in hip hop to the extent that they are present in society. The rapper who grew up in the inner-city watched the same sexist television programs, commercials and movies; had access to the same pornographic and misogynistic magazines and materials; and read the same textbooks that limited the presence and excluded the achievements of women (and people of color as well), as the All-American, Ivy-league bound, white kid in suburban America........