Cashing in on hate
The truth is that as a woman, a woman of color, and specifically an African American woman, the insults come so fast and furious that there’s always the danger of becoming overwhelmed and de-sensitized.
Sad to say, but I’m used to hearing black and brown women being call “bitch†“ho†“skank†“skeazer†“gold digger†or some variation of all of the above in popular songs and music videos. “Norbit,†Eddie Murphy’s current movie, may be the most recent example of a black man putting on a dress and playing the fat, ignorant, loud, brown-skinned black woman as an object of ridicule and revulsion, you can bet it won’t be the last. And check out “Flavor of Love,†VH1’s hit show in which women demean themselves in an effort to get Flava Flav - brought beneath low since his high as a member of the seriously political rap group Public Enemy - to choose them.
What these three have in common is that they demean black women, earn handsome profits for their corporate sponsors, and for the most part exist devoid of criticism.
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Bigotry | Hate | Mysogyny | Racism
I was under the belief that
I was under the belief that gold digger was a term used to describe any person who married another to juice them for their money. I am black and have never understood this term to have origin in Black culture. I know Kanye uses it towards Black women, which I'm not defending, but I haven't understood that term to be specifically Black-oriented like ho may be.
As well, I feel apt to agree with you about flavor of love. My friends and I were constantly critiquing Flavor of Love, but we also knew that it wasn't indicative of the actions of all Black women; we weren't that stupid. I also don't think that we were alone in realizing the ways in which society could reflect in it. Unfortunately, I don't think a lot of people thought about the societal implications of a woman pulling the weave out of another woman's head.