Spelman Students Protest: Don't like the music? Should you ignore the cause?

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I agree that the images are not positive and should not be encouraged, or even viewed. However, let's not forget who we are talking about. Nelly is a rapper who uses vulgar language and talks about sex on his records. So, for his video to show that shouldn't come as much of a surprise. This is not TD Jakes or Kwesi Mfume. This is Nelly. And the fact that he has women in his video doing vulgar things is just one of the bad images that he promotes, in my opinon. So, I'm back at the point of why even invite Nelly to come to campus?

Additionally, there are parents who are not available to be with their children all of the time, but that does not mean that the parents are not responsible. If you work late, unplug the televisions if your children continue to disobey you and turn them on after you leave. Or cut the cable off all together. Sure, there are other ways that they can and will see negative images, but they can be minimized. That way, they are not desensitized to negative images when they see them. And they will know that these images are not condoned in the household and not how we behave.

If the school was interested in having a respectable person promote the cause on their campus, I'm sure they could have found someone else from the beginning instead of inviting Nelly and then using the event as fodder for an argument on images of women in the media.