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Caprical
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Username: Caprical
Post Number: 30
Registered: 04-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 12:43 pm: | 
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I read this off of blacktown.net messageboard....as much as i hate whats expressed on that website, this stuck out to me...also slook at what this exploitation of black women has caused.
This is a link that I received via email from the Mayor, and I thought the content of it was worth discussing. Hopefully this link will show black women the mistakes she made by raising a bunch of misfit thug boys instead of strong, dignified men.
http://blackvoices.aol.com/black_news/canvas_directory_headlines_features/_a/mtv -draws-fire-for-cartoon-depicting/20060809091109990001
MTV Draws Fire for Cartoon Depicting Black Women on Leashes
MTV President Christina Norman Defends Show 'Where My Dogs At,' Calling it 'Satire'
By Steve Gorman, Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A new MTV cartoon depicting black women squatting on all fours tethered to leashes and defecating on the floor is drawing fire from several prominent African Americans who call the episode degrading.
Critics say MTV showed especially poor judgment because the weekly animated program, "Where My Dogs At?," appeals to young teens and airs at an hour, 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays, when many children are watching television.
The show just completed its initial eight-episode run on MTV2, a spin-off channel of the music video institution that recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.
The half-hour show lampoons real-life celebrities and pop culture as seen through the eyes of two wise-cracking stray dogs -- Woofie and Buddy -- voiced by comedians Tracy Morgan and Jeffrey Ross, respectively.
A statement released this week by the Viacom Inc.-owned cable network, whose president, Christina Norman, is black, defended the episode in question as social satire.
Talk: Hot TopicsIn it, a look-alike of rap star Snoop Dogg strolls into a pet shop with two bikini-clad black women on leashes. They hunch over on all fours and scratch themselves as he orders one of them to "hand me my latte." At the end of the segment, the Snoopathon Dogg Esquire character dons a rubber glove to clean up excrement left on the floor by one of the women.
MTV said the "Woofie Loves Snoop" episode, which first aired on July 1, was "in fact a parody of an actual appearance Snoop Dogg made where he was accompanied by two women wearing neck collars and chains."
"We certainly do not condone Snoop's actions and the goal was to take aim at that incident for its insensitivity and outrageousness," the statement said.
But several prominent blacks, including New York Daily News columnist Stanley Crouch, condemned the segment as misogynist, racist and crude, and they questioned the sincerity of MTV's contention that it was satirizing the outlandish behavior of a real-life rapper.
"Where's the context in that?" said Lisa Fager, president and co-founder of the Industry Ears, a consortium of broadcast industry professionals who monitor and critique media content.
Crouch suggested in a column this week that the "Where My Dogs At?" segment was an extension of dehumanizing images contained in gangsta rap videos aired by MTV and projected "around the world as 'real' black culture."
Payne Brown, a high-ranking executive at cable giant Comcast Corp., said he lodged a personal complaint in an e-mail to Norman but found her response, essentially the same as the network's press statement, to be "unsatisfying."
The show carries a rating advising parents that they may find its material unsuitable for children under age 14. |
Schakspir
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Schakspir
Post Number: 512
Registered: 12-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 10:29 pm: |
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I fucking hate Snoop Dog-Shit. |
Nels
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Nels
Post Number: 520
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 14, 2006 - 01:49 am: |
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Snoop is an irrelevant piece of shit, so why loose any sleep over that Scooby Doo lookin' mutherfucka. Don't get all worked up over nothing. |
Latina_wi
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Username: Latina_wi
Post Number: 8
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 04:40 pm: |
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What makes me laugh is the fact that I have heard more people getting overworked about homesexuality and the like but ignore buffoons like snoop.
gay people are not hurting anyone when they do whatever they do privately. Snoop Dogg is holding down a whole generation of woman with his bullcrap and misogynistic ways. I am so glad there is a backlash against this rubbish. I would rather listen to boring James Blunt than snoop dogg, least James Blunt isn't seeking to harm women and their reputations.
All snoop dogg acres about is his money. Black, and other, people shouldn't finanace this man who doesn't even pretend to give a fudge about us. |
Renata
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Renata
Post Number: 1196
Registered: 08-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 12:29 am: |
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Well, Nels, the problem isn't necessarily that we care about what he says, but there's a whole generation of kids who DO care what he says and, whether he should or should not be considered a role model, what he says/does is cool to them and they mimick his behavior. So while I don't care to listen to him or pay attention to him, some girl much younger than myself will have to put up with crap from boys who take their cue from him on how to treat them. THAT I have a problem with. |
Latina_wi
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Username: Latina_wi
Post Number: 22
Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, August 20, 2006 - 12:52 am: |
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^^^^I hear you.
Every little punk wants to be snoop dogg and chooses to approach young woman in that thuggish manner.
Believe me...I get these boys on a regular basis much to my dismay LMAO. |
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