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For the Record: Jill Scott Ain't No Ho!'Sisters, Take Back Our Sex'! |
By Elena Gorgan, Entertainment News Editor
6th of July 2006, 08:46 GMT
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This is how the message of Grammy-awarded soul singer sounded during the seminar held, earlier this week, after the Essence Music Festival. The 'Take Back the Music' campaign started off big time, with Jill Scott taking the floor and delivering a very empowering speech addressed to black women in the music industry in particular, and to worldwide consumers in general.
Treading on the footsteps of queen Oprah Winfrey that, earlier this year, bitterly attacked rap music artists for their portrayal of women in their videos and lyrics, Scott claimed that only a woman with very low-esteem can agree to star in rap and hip-hop clips or to declare herself not offended by the lyrics.
'It's dirty, inappropriate, inadequate, unhealthy and polluted. We can demand more', said the soul artist in her speech meant to encourage black women not to judge themselves by popular stereotypes anymore. Apparently, Scott seems to think that things can be changed 'by force', by the common consumer's aggressive attitude towards such kind of music meaning, by his/her refusal to buy said material.
Another speaker who stood by Jill's ideas was also Karrine Steffans, former dancer now turned author of best-seller 'Confessions of a Video Vixen'. She said that only the fact that, ever since she was a little girl, she was constantly told she was ugly and the resulting lack of self esteem made her want to appear and shake her tooshie in rap videos.
Karrine's message was much less drastic, 'ladies, you are queens and need to believe it' and, somehow, less directed to the hip-hop industry.
In conclusion, we can say that it's a good thing for black women to try to make a point that there are many more sides to them than their sexuality, but consider the source of the attacks. On one side, we have a soul singer that has just released her latest album and, inevitably, the word 'publicity' pops up in our mind. On the other side, we have a sexy woman who made a career in rap videos, then turned down to give acting a shot and, when this failed, focused on writing.
Nevertheless, we are anxiously awaiting for the response from the 'opposite camp'.
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