Thank you!
I spent the first two years of my collegiate life in "Opryland, USA" - Nashville, TN - at Fisk University - a BLACK school, where many music majors got their first decent job in the COUNTRY MUSIC INDUSTRY... They were hired as musicians, vocalists, backup singers, producers, etc...
Country music is widely accepted by "other than anglo-saxons"... especially since it has strong ties to the Blues... and I can't name ONE country music tune that degrades ANYONE.
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Originally posted by SoTrue1920
With all due respect frat, Country music videos don't hinge upon the continued degradation and subjugation of women. Country music videos don't treat women, specifically African American women, as commodities to be traded. Country music videos don't focus on materialistic gains to the exclusion of any other positive messages that we should focus on as a community. That is MY issue with BET, and the fact that their spokesperson is a woman doesn't ameliorate the situation.
Like Sisterfriend BeeJae, I'm a little disappointed that the membership didn't take a more proactive stance on this issue. Perhaps the boycott's terms (as originally concieved) weren't as clear as they should have, but I think we've (the collective we, not just Zeta) missed an opportunity to be the leaders here.
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