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Printablewhodknee said: These poor rappers can't win. On one side they get blasted for exploiting women and on the other they hear it for not exploiting the right color women.
I don't think there are that many sensible women about who talk about them being exploited anymore. The only thing that's ever bothered me is the bore-factor. Get some damn originality instead of having 50 women in bikinis jiggling about on the spot. | |
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BlaqueKnight said: sextonseven said: Most of the rap videos I see support the sistas. Almost all rap videos have black women in them. As long as they have big tits, a big ass and a little waist. I think she's referring to the appearence of more and more Brazilian/Latin women and asian girls in rap videos. Actually, part of it is availability. West coast rappers like Snoop, 50, etc. have more "mixed looking" women in their videos because there is an abundance of them on the west coast and the modeling agencies they use to cast the videos are full of these females looking to get some work. Peep the dirty south rappers' vids. They have more darker-skinned women and "regular" looking sistas (still big ass & tits, though) in their videos because that's more of what you will find down south. Exotic looking women are used as status symbols to make rappers look like they can afford "quality" hoes. Its all playing with peoples' perceptions. They (the rappers) aren't really trying to make personal statements, the casting directors pick what they think are attractive women for the shoot. Guess what color most casting directors are, though.....  you do have a good point! -- so glad you UNDERSTOOD what I was saying! | |
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Ellie said: xpsiter said: Ladies, ladies,...it is true, all colors/shades of people are beautiful.   | |
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Hammer used black, thick and not the most attractive dancers in his videos. But if it was love related, he'd get a lighter skinned sista in. Kinda unfiar but at least his dancers wern't all skinny. | |
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Hotlegs said: BlaqueKnight said: Almost all rap videos have black women in them. As long as they have big tits, a big ass and a little waist. I think she's referring to the appearence of more and more Brazilian/Latin women and asian girls in rap videos. Actually, part of it is availability. West coast rappers like Snoop, 50, etc. have more "mixed looking" women in their videos because there is an abundance of them on the west coast and the modeling agencies they use to cast the videos are full of these females looking to get some work. Peep the dirty south rappers' vids. They have more darker-skinned women and "regular" looking sistas (still big ass & tits, though) in their videos because that's more of what you will find down south. Exotic looking women are used as status symbols to make rappers look like they can afford "quality" hoes. Its all playing with peoples' perceptions. They (the rappers) aren't really trying to make personal statements, the casting directors pick what they think are attractive women for the shoot. Guess what color most casting directors are, though..... BK Baby, I must say your comments are dead on it. You took on where Cranshaw left off especially when you touched on the trend of having certain type of looking females in videos. As women, I don't find this trend offensive since I am from a mixed background but, I consider myself as Black. However,I can't help but question their motivation.
But, as I think about it, the video trend also applies in the dating scene as well. And in essence, it all boils down preferece and what is appealing to that person. I' m not saying it's right or wrong b/c I dating interacially. At the end of the day, everyone has their own standard of beauty which may in some case cross racial lines.I feel you too Legs -- I also have a VERY mixed backround and I think all colors are beautiful (as in my first comment) however my hair is long but my skin is brown and it seems the only reason most guys can accept my skin is because I still have hair -- the situation is very complicated to begin with because we are generalizing big time here but the constant still remains even with Dirty south rappers most of the woman are black but you will hardly ever see a Dark skinned woman (there is a difference) unless she has a bangin body and will BARELY (I wanna say never) see natural African- American hair, and that's what bothers me [Edited 8/16/05 7:13am] | |
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Every shade really is beautiful from all races. Try the spirit of each person. | |
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