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Brandon
Comment: Is this supposed to be a revelation? I may be wrong, but these are the same things that were being said more than 10 years ago -- nothing has changed. Clearly enough studies have been done... there needs to be some very viable "mass market" solutions. Some parents are fortunate enough to counteract the effects, but there are hundreds of thousands who aren't that fortunate.
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bigned69
Comment: I totally believe this...I distinctly recall a video by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg I think the song was "Still Dre" but it was the one where they were in the club and dousing the pole dancers with champagne and money. then that summer, at the Puerto Rican Pride Parade in New York, seeing all the men sexually violate those girls by grabbing them and dousing them with water. It was like video antics being played out in real life...I'm just sayin..
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Selah
Comment: Wow, you don't say? I guess next they'll be telling us that smoking cigarettes is deadly and washing your hands will prevent illness.
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TGen
Comment: lol Selah, touche.
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jazzfan
Comment: DUH!
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McNasty
Comment: They don't come out the womb watching these videos so how about some parental participation BEFORE videos have a chance to have a negative impact on these girls.
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BecuzICan
Comment: BREAKING NEWS: The sky is blue!
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NYCsoul
Comment: I'm assuming these folks JUST got the memo?!
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Soulwriter
Comment: It certainly didn't start w/ hip-hop, esp. the 'old school' era that I remember and cherish. Most of today's rap videos are so sexist and vulgar that my son can't even watch. It's like most of them have the same tired set list/plot (rims, bling, estates, tricked-out rides, grills, etc) and these lascivious 1/2 naked hoochies flinging weave and grinding all over them as they pose and 'look hard.' It's never that serious and if one has an imagination/self-respect, the images don't even have to go there.
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musbdherbs
Comment: Here we go. Now this stupid azz study is gonna be used by some stupid azz person to make a point about something so fkgn obvious. Who would've thunked that a child, exposed to negative imagery (either in the home or on TV), will be harmed by it? Get the fk outta here! Never would've thunked.
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QuickhiT
Comment: I have been doing the wrong job. I should be a researcher.
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katgrrrl
Comment: That makes all the sense in the world. You have all of these young, impressionable girls...who can't think for themselves. They watch these videos, see the girls, the behavior and dress of the girls and the male reaction to the girls and they go out and emulate that mess tryin' to get more attention then the next female or whatever. <> SOULWRITER: You can say that again; the formula's tired...most of that stuff's rented anyway. When I was a teen in the 80's, I really don't remember it bein' THIS bad. Today men (and some women) don't even have to go to the strip club. All they have to do is watch some of these rap videos.
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PgDn
Comment: Musb...
Most TVs are in someone's home! That's the problem - parents let their kids and other kids watch this mess.
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gingerg
Comment: Also, check out Cynthia Tucker's column in yesterday's Atlanta Journal Constitution entitled "The 'ideals' of Thug Culture Are Destroying Black Americans." She hit the nail on the head.
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Southernbelle
Comment: No shyt Sherlock. Just look at what Rock and Roll has done to yt girls (Girls Gone Wild).
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shell72
Comment: Personally, I think they you do a study about how these video damage the relationship between black men and women.
Check out this article by Orlando Patterson in the New York times titled Jena 6 and the Jailing of Black America. The author has some good points about black male and female relationship in this culture.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/opinion/30patterson. html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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Nicro878
Comment: >jazzyfan: LOL!!! That's the same thing I was thinking when I read that article!!! LOL!! They had to spend all that money doing a survey to find this out!! But yet here they are still playing those types of videos. People don't care anymore how these types of visual displays impact people especially the young!
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musbdherbs
Comment: PG...Yeah you're right. To add, while we're stuck trying to ban the images, we need to hold the parents accountable for allowing their children to watch it AND listen to it. I'll be damned if I allow my child to listen to some of this crap but blame the industry for it happening. NO! My black azz needs to take care of my own house. Shell, that was a pretty gud article from Patterson. I read it last week or so..
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Train
Comment: Someone with a GED could've figured that one out. All of this is proof that parent's need to do a much BETTER job then what they're doing now. It all starts at home.
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khufu
Comment: duh
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CrazzeeGyrl
Comment: IT DIDN'T TAKE A STUDY TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
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Rahwaykid1
Comment: My 14 year old daughter and I were watching a bit of the hiphop awards last night and this one performer came on doing a song that I thought was a positive ( as it gets, anyway) song about his girl, and all of a sudden I hear these lyrics (y'know, typical objectifying lyrics) and I turn the channel. She's all like ,'DAD, COME ON! PLEASE! OH MAN!. And I'm all like, "as long as I'm sittin' here with you ain't no way you watchin' that". I asked her why she listens and watches music that talks about and shows young girls like her in a negative light and she gave me the ol' "I only like the beat", mess. Now, I'm not stupid or naive enough to think she doesn't hear or watch these videos elsewhere, or doesn't have some of these songs on her ipod, but I take care of business in my home. And I press hard 'cause I gotta. It's a tuff azz job dealing with this stuff but that's why they call it parenting. They wasted some money on that study.
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khufu
Comment: no RAHWAY LOL they MADE some money on that study
that was REALLy what it was all about
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Closet_Nerd_Girl
Comment: "DUH" is the first thing that came to mind after reading the title. But what really irks me is to think of the time and money that was wasted on this "research." I would have much rather seen that time/money spent to find solutions on how to reprogram our young ladies (AND young men) from these negative effects.
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JGGIRL
Comment: There are more parents out there who don't parent than there are who do. So even those kids who aren't allowed at home are still exposed to it at school and other places. It needs to be OFF the radio and tv PERIOD! If an adult wants to watch it then they should have to BUY it for their own personal use.
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JGGIRL
Comment: Here is the link to the Cynthia Tucker article on T.I.
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/tucker/stor ies/2007/10/16/tucked_1017.html
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musbdherbs
Comment: JGG..please do NOT allow yourself to believe that. That would mean that there are more "bad" blacks than there are "good." Don't fall for the okie doke. Shyt just ain't true. I don't know what 'school' plays BET but if they do they shouldn't. Just like rahway makes sure his daughter knows he don't play that, so do the rest of us.
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JGGIRL
Comment: Mus,
I don't mean that the schools play the videos. I mean the kids are exposed to other kids who watch and listen to that garbage. There are cell phones, ipods, computers, etc. that these kids can get that garbage on.
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TGen
Comment: Co-sign JGGirl, all the way.
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Rahwaykid1
Comment: Yeah khufu, no doubt.
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musbdherbs
Comment: JGG..and how would a "child" keep the music on cell phone, ipod, computers? The parents not doing their job. We need to stop expecting other folk to do our job. Raise your own damn kids and your kids friends.
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JGGIRL
Comment: The parents not doing their job>>>
Isn't that what I said in the first place?
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Rahwaykid1
Comment: Let's be realistic folks. The horse been left the stable, the train long ago left the station, all of them cliches. The entertainment entities are putting this mess out as fast as they can get some misguided soul to get on board with 'em. JGGirl, by your post you as much stated the many outlets that are available. Of course, we have some so-called parents that be up in the club right with their kids. All we can do is take care of our own houses and when our kids have friends over, same rules apply. Sure our kids may be talked about with the peer pressure and all that. But we have no choice. Believe me, like I was told when I was young, this too shall pass.
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musbdherbs
Comment: sorry, I misinterpreted your post. I thought you meant that the videos and stuff shouldn't be on TV/Radio in ANY home--that they should be banned altogehter. I didn't realize you meant that parents should take the responsibility and turn it off in own their homes/radios--thus doing their parts to make sure that the kides aren't exposed to it while at home. my bad shorty
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JGGIRL
Comment: I really do believe it should be banned from TV and radio, but I know that is not about to happen because the record companies make too much money. I raised two kids, last one just graduated from college and I didn't hear any of that junk in my home. I kept them so busy in school activities and studying that they didn't have time to get involved with it. But sadly that is not the case these days. Every where I go I am bombarded with these images, especially at the high school right in my own neighborhood. It is just sad to see.
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TesticAl
Comment: *Sits down with 6 year old nephew and watches Ludacris' pussc poppin' video while both of us sip on some Pimp Juice and eat nacho cheese Doritos*
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SweetieDarlin
Comment: Gee I wonder what happened in 74-78, those finding were more than likely true then too, oh yeah probably listening to Parliment-Funkadelic. Unfortunately people like to blame rap for everything these days, not thinking there are girls who are going to experiment with 'bad' things regardless of whether they had good parenting, good influences or whatever else. No I am not being cavalier about it at all but I am saying that we do need to work with our girls teach them good choice, and hope they actually utilize their teaching, as much as people think it exists there is no magic formula for raising children not to go out and try things that are not good for them. Videos don't help but that is not the cause because these issues existed way before anyone even heard of a video, just no one chose to study it until recent years.
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SweetieDarlin
Comment: BTW 17 magazine gave many a young girl a negative body image in the 70s with their 10 inch defination between your bust, waist and hips---try that being a black woman....Let me clarify once again those video do no one a favor except perhaps young men who can't afford real porn or have an active fantasy life, but we have whole lot of other issues that contribute to bad behavior including little hard head girls that are resistant to punishment of any sort and think they are gornw enough to make their own decisions because everything they are doing never existed before they did it, so nobody knows what they are talking about. I would like to see a real solution to dealing with hard headed children (aside from locking them in the closet and only letting them out for school and meals.)
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tinkius
Comment: I'm sure that this too is the fault of the "black" male as is all things that happen in theblack community to black women and too society. C'mon black females is this the best you got!!! say and do what you want to black men, keep those steroetypes of black men alive.....it doesn't hurt anymore.
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musbdherbs
Comment: Spitting out vinegar and salt chips LOL @ AL's stupid azz. Agreeing w/SD as usual
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kennyboo
Comment: I am a single black mother of a 14, 11 & 9 yr old. My daughter is the oldest and the other two are boys. They LOVE watching videos as did I at their age. It is my responibility to ensure we commnunicate about what they are seeing and instill morales and values. I make sure that they are well rounding, they are up to date on the Jena 6, the issue of the blood diamond, so on and so forth. It starts at home. I do a wardrobe check at the door each morning, and pop up at school w/o warning. It starts with me, I take full responsibility for my children.
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