Comments on: Hip Hop Money and the 2008 Elections http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/08/hip-hop-money-and-the-2008-elections/ A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:35:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hip-hop Fashion http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/08/hip-hop-money-and-the-2008-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-179755 Hip-hop Fashion Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:15:47 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=460#comment-179755 Hip-hop made it to the politics. Many hip-hop icons become influential especially to the youth nowadays. If these personalities will focus on giving concern to the good ways on how they can help on the economic crisis, Environment and other issues, More people will look up to them. Hip-hop made it to the politics. Many hip-hop icons become influential especially to the youth nowadays. If these personalities will focus on giving concern to the good ways on how they can help on the economic crisis, Environment and other issues, More people will look up to them.

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]]> By: Julia http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/08/hip-hop-money-and-the-2008-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Julia Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:18:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=460#comment-1085 I was never all that comfortable with Simmons' support of Michael Steele (the sight of people at NRO calling themselves hip hop Republicans was more than a little queasy making), but he certainly does put his money (and his time) where his mouth is. I'd really like to see him back on my side of the fence.<br/><br/>I guess the anti-"rap" jihad Michelle Malkin set off in defense of Imus isn't working out for her party all that well. I was never all that comfortable with Simmons’ support of Michael Steele (the sight of people at NRO calling themselves hip hop Republicans was more than a little queasy making), but he certainly does put his money (and his time) where his mouth is. I’d really like to see him back on my side of the fence.

I guess the anti-”rap” jihad Michelle Malkin set off in defense of Imus isn’t working out for her party all that well.

]]> By: Bruce A. Dixon http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2007/08/hip-hop-money-and-the-2008-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 Bruce A. Dixon Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:57:00 +0000 http://s45368.gridserver.com/?p=460#comment-1083 That's the problem. What's not asked for is always impossible, always off the table. Why aren't we asking for more from these guys?<br/><br/>A partial answwer though, is that we do not have control over the media to the point that any articulation of that kind coming from authentic communities of color would find its way into the mass media. In other words there is no place in the corporate mass media -- and that includes what little news coverage there is --- for the internal black political dialog. We can ask the question of P diddy all we want, but they will not broadcast it. Maybe we have to try harder, as did the women of <a HREF="http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_1380.shtml" REL="nofollow">Spelman</a> when Nelly came to visit 0<br/><br/><br/>Black owned corporate media, along with the black-oriented radio stations owned by the likes of Clear Channel, CBS and the like are among the <a HREF="http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=319&Itemid=35" REL="nofollow">worst</a> offenders, refusing to carry news coverage at all.<br/><br/>But they DO carry plenty of coverage about how many rooms there are in Jamie Foxx's new mansion, and lots of detail about what Beyonce will be wearing and eating as she spends the weekend in the Cayman Islands or courtside at the Knicks game with whatihisname. So the question is not really about P Diddy's or Fiddy's responsibility. It's about OUR responsibility to demand real news and the airing of our intra-black dialog as such. That’s the problem. What’s not asked for is always impossible, always off the table. Why aren’t we asking for more from these guys?

A partial answwer though, is that we do not have control over the media to the point that any articulation of that kind coming from authentic communities of color would find its way into the mass media. In other words there is no place in the corporate mass media — and that includes what little news coverage there is — for the internal black political dialog. We can ask the question of P diddy all we want, but they will not broadcast it. Maybe we have to try harder, as did the women of Spelman when Nelly came to visit 0

Black owned corporate media, along with the black-oriented radio stations owned by the likes of Clear Channel, CBS and the like are among the worst offenders, refusing to carry news coverage at all.

But they DO carry plenty of coverage about how many rooms there are in Jamie Foxx’s new mansion, and lots of detail about what Beyonce will be wearing and eating as she spends the weekend in the Cayman Islands or courtside at the Knicks game with whatihisname. So the question is not really about P Diddy’s or Fiddy’s responsibility. It’s about OUR responsibility to demand real news and the airing of our intra-black dialog as such.

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