At last, women lash out at hip hop’s abuses – Stanley Crouchin the NY Daily News, link via Drudge
The most successful black women’s magazine, Essence, is in the middle of a campaign that could have monumental cultural significance.
Essence is taking on the slut images and verbal abuse projected onto black women by hip hop lyrics and videos.
The magazine is the first powerful presence in the black media with the courage to examine the cultural pollution that is too often excused because of the wealth it brings to knuckleheads and amoral executives.
Knuckleheads and amoral executives transcend ethnic and racial boundaries, as does the cultural pollution Mr. Crouch writes about. The need to counter this is universal.
While I congratulate Essence magazine for standing up to this crap, I thought Bill Cosby was the first powerful presence in the black media with the courage to examine this cultural polution? Nevertheless, kudos to these women…