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JILL SCOTT - SCOTT URGES BOYCOTT OF MUSIC 'DEGRADING' TO BLACK WOMEN
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SCOTT URGES BOYCOTT OF MUSIC 'DEGRADING' TO BLACK WOMEN
American soul singer JILL SCOTT has hit out at the "degrading" portrayal of black women in music lyrics and videos. The Grammy Award winner was speaking at an Essence Music Festival seminar in Houston, Texas on Monday (03JUL06). The event was part of the US magazine's Take Back The Music campaign and also featured JAMIE FOXX, BOBBY BROWN and actress SHEMAR MOORE. At the seminar, entitled 'Who You Calling A Ho? Sisters, Take Back Our Sex!', Scott urged the audience to stop buying albums guilty of offensively portraying black women. Scott says, "It is dirty, inappropriate, inadequate, unhealthy and polluted. "We can demand more. This is about choosing what we will allow in our lives. We can force things. We can change things. "Challenge the music industry with your purchasing power."
05 July 2006 17:32
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posted on 06/07/2006 14:14
Scott, I am very elated, happy, and thrilled and couldn't adequately decribe
how happy I am that you stood up for the sisters! Scott I live over here in
Israel and that mess is aired all over the world and I am very much embarrassed
as an African American woman to see our sisters first of all portrayed as HOs,
all over the world and that is exactly what they think we are! Secondly, Scott
I think that the first thing on the agenda to totally wipe out the whole
scenario is to educate the sisters on the importance of covering their bodies
because our sisters really think that it makes them attractive to the opposite
sex and that they are beautiful and sexy! But for other normal, modest and
religious people they really look quite obnoxious and disgusting. Thirdly, the
African American male need to be reminded about the proper values and
principles of womanhood and shouldn't settle for nothing less than proper dress
for their women.
