People are up in arms about the racial implication of Miley Cyrus' VMA performance, because of the objectification and "abuse" of the black women who she employed as "props" for her performance.
I found several aspects of the VMAs extremely perturbing. The adopted "Brooklyn Accent", appropriating what they thought was the "gangster" culture of Brooklyn; the irony of the award show being the least black in history [see winner of best hip-hop video], all the while being situated in arguably one of the blackest cities in the United States; and finally, the general lack of organization and planning displayed throughout the award show. It was overall boring, anti-climatic, and I wish I hadn't sacrificed The Newsroom.
Tasteless. if Miley Cyrus' performance could be summed up in one word, it would be "Tasteless". Would I call it "Racist"? Not so much.
So now that we have defined the term, we can refrain from slinging it around to describe every time a white person does something that leaves us disgruntled.
The barrage of backlash Cyrus is merely a culmination of out of context, [perhaps erroneous] insinuations being jumbled together to form logic that is barely coherent. And it pisses me off. Her explicitly stating that she wanted her album to have a "black" sound is being used as a precursor to the harm she inflicted upon black women at the awards [mind you, while she did most of the "twerking", shaming and embarrassing of herself, family and existence]
People are disgruntled because of the endless slut-shaming that has gone on in the wake of her performance, but if we are to speak out against that, perhaps we should take a step back and stop gratifying these overly offended black women that continuously grasp for straws at reasons to once again, play the worn and tattered racial card in instances like these.
Yes, there is a racial implication. Little black girls, after watching Cyrus perform, will no doubt be confused about the image being portrayed of girls like them. Should they oblige and conform to this image? Is this what it means to be a black woman? Issues like these should be brought to Cyrus. The lack of taste displayed during the performance, that should be an issue taken up with Cyrus.
Blacks never like to hear about instances in which they are perpetrators of the same crimes, so I'm sleep. Instances where the likes of Rhianna addressed the implication of her own actions by explicitly saying that, should she venture on a 10 - day excavation tour of the earth's crust, she would still be unable to find any fucks to give about the implication of her actions on youth, all under the premise of her being a "rock star"... but I'm sleep though.
Point of the Story: We should ask ourselves why this is what Miley perceives as "Black Culture", and after we've thought it out, we should then point our fingers at Diplo.
Stop tossing around the word racism. Find another, more appropriate word. The rest of us are honestly becoming sickened. It's become a cliche.
EFB
I found several aspects of the VMAs extremely perturbing. The adopted "Brooklyn Accent", appropriating what they thought was the "gangster" culture of Brooklyn; the irony of the award show being the least black in history [see winner of best hip-hop video], all the while being situated in arguably one of the blackest cities in the United States; and finally, the general lack of organization and planning displayed throughout the award show. It was overall boring, anti-climatic, and I wish I hadn't sacrificed The Newsroom.
Tasteless. if Miley Cyrus' performance could be summed up in one word, it would be "Tasteless". Would I call it "Racist"? Not so much.
Racism : A belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. [Merriam-Webster, 2013]
So now that we have defined the term, we can refrain from slinging it around to describe every time a white person does something that leaves us disgruntled.
On Cyrus:
I honestly think that Cyrus merely has a misguided, yet deep admiration for what she perceives as "Black Culture"The barrage of backlash Cyrus is merely a culmination of out of context, [perhaps erroneous] insinuations being jumbled together to form logic that is barely coherent. And it pisses me off. Her explicitly stating that she wanted her album to have a "black" sound is being used as a precursor to the harm she inflicted upon black women at the awards [mind you, while she did most of the "twerking", shaming and embarrassing of herself, family and existence]
People are disgruntled because of the endless slut-shaming that has gone on in the wake of her performance, but if we are to speak out against that, perhaps we should take a step back and stop gratifying these overly offended black women that continuously grasp for straws at reasons to once again, play the worn and tattered racial card in instances like these.
Yes, there is a racial implication. Little black girls, after watching Cyrus perform, will no doubt be confused about the image being portrayed of girls like them. Should they oblige and conform to this image? Is this what it means to be a black woman? Issues like these should be brought to Cyrus. The lack of taste displayed during the performance, that should be an issue taken up with Cyrus.
Blacks never like to hear about instances in which they are perpetrators of the same crimes, so I'm sleep. Instances where the likes of Rhianna addressed the implication of her own actions by explicitly saying that, should she venture on a 10 - day excavation tour of the earth's crust, she would still be unable to find any fucks to give about the implication of her actions on youth, all under the premise of her being a "rock star"... but I'm sleep though.
Point of the Story: We should ask ourselves why this is what Miley perceives as "Black Culture", and after we've thought it out, we should then point our fingers at Diplo.
Stop tossing around the word racism. Find another, more appropriate word. The rest of us are honestly becoming sickened. It's become a cliche.
EFB
