Main question: How do young African American females negotiate stereotypical representation of African American culture, gender, labor, and sexual values in rap music videos (Richardson 790)? Four African American females aged 17, 19, 19, and the author 43 produced the discourse presented in this study. The video that was analyzed was Nelly and the St. Lunatics’ ‘Tip Drill’. Throughout the whole reading the three lady’s degraded “working Women” I was especially out with these comments:
BE: I think Nelly wouldn’t say, ‘It ain’t no fun if the homies can’t have none.’
ER: uh hmmm
ED: right.
BE: One who he thought was class, a girl who he really wanted to talk to, he wouldn’t say that.
I was angry because here are three young ladies judging a fellow sister. It should not matter if the girl was “class” or not what Nelly stated in his video was wrong. Yes, I understand these women put themselves in this place but for those ladies going along with what Nelly said is crazy. I feel as black women we go through enough and you never know someone’s situation. So to be judging women you do no t even know is not real to me. Then later in the interview one person say that they like the video. The video is just music. Wrong, along with that music came some woman’s pride. Even if the woman enjoys being called a ‘Tip Drill’ at least show her the respect that she does not show herself.
My answer to the main question that the author is trying to find is: Young African American females are worse then males at stereotyping black women. Think about it where do the men get it; from other women. A black woman is a black woman at the end of the day whether she is a stripper of a dance teacher. Both deserve respect from other black women.
By: Shaniqua Burton
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