BlackLight has been invited to speak at a Town Hall Meeting this Saturday, June 23rd in Ypsilanti, MI. The meeting is a community dialogue on hip hop, language, and identity in light of the now infamous Imus statement.
*sigh*
Well, each of us here at BlackLight has her own opionion on this topic. But, we are all kind of irritated that we need to call on Don Imus and invoke hip hop in order to have a discussion on issues in our society that go much deeper than one man's thoughtless comments or commercialized lyrics that don't necessarily represent what WE know to be hip hop. This, we suppose, is why this meeting is a good thing. It will give us an opportunity to voice the complexities of the issues at hand and, we hope, move us to more productive dialogue and action.
Before we can even begin the discussion, we think it is important to define what people are really referring to when they use the term hip hop. Everyone seems to be using different definitions and making assumptions based on misinformation and stereotypes. We may have our work cut out for us on Saturday but are looking forward to a challenging and productive dialogue.
We'd love to hear your thoughts on all of this! Feel free to post a comment.
Strength & Love,
BlackLight
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