Chocolate & Controversy

Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Nipplegate Anniversary

So, the superbowl was a bore. I am not into sports (but, I have friends who will kick me if I say bad things about them). They got Paul Mcartney who played some old Beatles / Wings songs and then meandered into oblivion.
The thing is, what was wrong with what Janet Jackson did? I know I am a fan, but still, what is wrong with the female naked body. Why is it censored and hidden. We were born this way and we shouldn't hide anything. Not everyone believes in organized faiths, does that mean we have to live by what christians tell us is right and wrong?
I am sure the whole Janet issue has an underlaying racial factor. As the beer commercials which feature bouncy blondes during the superbowl are more scandelous than a woman's bare boob in theatrics.




Now is that so bad? I mean its just a boob. America is so contradictory. I mean it's ok to bomb a village and kill children, but it's not ok for someone to show a nipple. This incident caused a stir and an investigation was launched soon after, even faster than the one for September 11. Then CBS, NFL and MTV get all tied up in a bunch over it. For what?
Janet's great album Damita Jo was not publicized enough and tanked as a result, MTV refused to play the lead single. How dare a black woman show her breast to suburban America, the bane of the world? What amazes me is that Janet Jackson was blamed for what people call a "disgrace" and uninvited to attend the Grammies, while white boy Justin Timberlake who actually revealed the nipple to the world won Grammies and was embraced.
Why is it that the black woman suffers in her career and is made to apologize and be punished for what happened? Because America's racism has many facets, and any woman that is strong enough to express her sexuality without the intervention of red-state morality, especially African American, are made to suffer.

I'd rather see Janet Jackson's nipple flashing repeatedly on a TV screen then watch 5 minutes of CBS News broadcasting the murder and atrocities that Bush inflicts on a daily basis, as a result of all the white hicks voting him back in.

Get Damita Jo. It's a great album. Janet you didn't have to apologize. People who listen to your music have all thier teetha dn brains in place, they won't be deterred because of something so mundane like that.

Music: All Nite (Don't Stop) - Janet Jackson

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