Earlier today during the 5 O' Clock News, Reporter Paula Tutman...reviewed Prince's Latest Video from Musicology "Cinnamon Girl" and took it to the streets of Dearborn, (The Countries Largest Arab-American Community) and had a round table discussion on how they viewed Prince's Latest Video and how it may or may not depict Arabs in America!

Interesting to see how one Arab- American felt Prince was trying to depict arabs as natural born terrorist(s) and that he feels offended by it.
Also calling out PRINCE as a has been and that he did it only to boost his career!

Another Arab- American, stated that the song and video shows how americans and the world has viewed Arabs since the 911 attacks in NYC, but...it clearly states at the end, it never happened and it wasn't a negative view of arabs in america or the world abroad, it was a statement to make ppl understand how arabs are viewed and that not every arab is a terrorist!

The News bit lasted for nearly 5 minutes, and showed clips of the video.
No word yet as to whether or not MTV or VH1 will add this video to their playlist!

*All I have to say is ....PRINCE; YOU GO BOY!!!
The Media is on it and whether or not this video will be shown on television...your gonna get some more sells for the album and possibly a #1 single, and not to mention the video being included!

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[Edited 10/6/04 20:51pm]

um, question: did Arabs really have anything 2 do with 9/11? how do u know? someone told u? and that someone was? r they 2 b trusted? so y would they lie? hmm...


edit: sorry, NPD... above question is kinda rhetorical, meant 4 all -- something 2 think about
[Edited 10/6/04 21:51pm]

I don't know who that question would be directed to 'snap'...I just posted what I got from the news earlier today...
I don't know anything about the attacks other than what I was told from the news on that day!

Its an interesting conversation starter.

that's the opposite

Really too bad that people can't think beyond the simple lines. I feel that the video puts Arab Americans in a sympathetic light. This girl was minding her own business as were her family. Then ignorant people taunted them causing this family to change and attempt to hide their ethnicity. The girl got tired and actually began to buy into the whole us vs them bull. She didn't actually go thru with the bombing but did plan it out. I think P was saying that you keep kicking someone around, eventually they are going to kick back. That this atmosphere were are creating is creating NEW enemies. And I definitely agree!

It is just too bad that simple people don't't get what P was trying to tell them.

BTW, did WDIV at least show the video so that the viewers could see the video for themselves... like they say no publicity is bad publicity

Well, as I stated, they showed clips of the video, they wouldn't have shown the video in its entirety on the news show.

But It definitely showed clips of the airport, prince and the band, the arab family replacing the sign with united and the beginning scenes!

Plus you could hear the song very well!

I thought this was about the video Controversy.