Hear, Hear
In response to the whole Don Imus fiasco, Oprah held 2 townhall meetings this week on her show. Did any of you catch it? Quite frankly, I was not impressed. The theme for her first meeting/show was "What's Next?" and well, I still had the same question after watching her show. While some of the panelists were honest and had some good points regarding misogyny and actions that need to be taken by many in the music industry, the show left much to be desired. It all seemed so contrived and everyone kept beating around the bush to get to their points. Instead of having an active dialogue, at times, I just felt that it was just Oprah and her panelists voicing their beliefs (but bypassing any serious, complex issues such the business side of the industry, the purchasers of the music, the reason some of these women act the way they do in these videos, etc) followed by a round of applause from the audience, with random audience opinions here or there, and mostly all by black people. Cuz, you know, this isn't just a societal issue, it's just a black issue. AHHHHH!!! I just got so aggravated while watching it. Anyway, I'm not saying that there's any simple, single solution to the some of problems in mainstream hip-hop, but I do think that it's much more complex and there's much more that can be done, than what was revealed in these 2 townhall meetings. And, why, dear god, why has it taken Oprah so long to have this conversation on her show??? She should have done this years ago, and her excuse that she "didn't want to fight it alone" was such a cop-out.Well, anyway, the fantastic racialicous has a wonderful post addressing this and one that states how I felt about the shows much more eloquently!
Also see my previous post on that wonderful hip-hop documentary that aired on PBS: Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes
Labels: angry rants, Brown, Color-Race-Politics, Music to My Ears
posted by payal @ 1:33 PM
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