Ever. Black or White.
Thanks to Michael Twitty for speaking out on rape.
He is speaking about slave rape, but the post is just as relevant to today.
I wish we had white men speaking out against Robin Thicke’s rape song “Blurred Lines”....but no….they’re actively promoting it….along with white women gushing over it. Makes me want to throw up.
Here’s a piece on the controversy of Thicke and how others have not been held to the same standard. It seems a little on the apologist side….a weird thing I’ve noticed with the Thicke crowd…”he really is for women’s rights” and “you’re just not understanding the meaning of the lyrics…” Oh, really?? What don’t I understand about “I’m going to give you something to tear your ass in two” or “I’m gonna take a good girl….you know you want it” or “not many women can refuse this pimpin'” or “do it like it hurt” ??
I can tell you that I didn’t know about the others’ songs. I don’t listen to rap. The only way I knew about Thicke is because it’s being heavily promoted all over the place, from the web to TV. I’m sure if the others were that heavily promoted, there would be some backlash.
Rape is not fun. Rape is not a joke. And making your money off of promoting rape is the lowest of the low.