[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by SummerChild

There are many interesting points. However, I guess that I wouldn't downplay Ludacris' response to Bill O'Reilley as much as the author did. I thought that it was significant, don't know if it was on par with his response to Oprah's comments.

However, I think that the author is right on about the use of AA *women* as scapegoats. I would extend this *beyond* hip-hop. Take the Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill debacle. Why was everyone so mad at her? B/c the culture is to blame women, especially if she speaks out about the ills of the man. But this happens with rape victims too, regardless of color, so maybe it's more about male-female relations than male-female relations w/in any given race. Not sure, just rambling at this point. LOL.

SC

I agree with you. I think women are scapegoats no matter what the race, and it's unfortunate.