lisaannettestanley
Jul 31, 2023
ENCORE PRESENTATION. My 2017 EBook, "Yes, I'd Like to Thank the Academy: How to Tame the Red Carpet in YOUR Office," speaks directly to the phenomenon of Rewarding Hate Speech in Black Music.
We hear it in the B.E.T. Awards, the Grammys, the Golden Globe Awards, the MTV Music Video Awards, the Billboard Music Awards, the Academy Awards & on & on & on.
All while "people of color" SCREAM TO THE HIGH HEAVEN about Racial Slurs.
They scream about AntiSemitism
& all kinds of Intolerance, Prejudice & Discrimination while OPENLY ATTACKING WOMEN WITH THE FOULEST HATE SPEECH & SEXIST SLURS YOU CAN IMAGINE
& wait for it............................
While SEXISM & MISOGYNY are REWARDED at Award Shows of all kinds & given MILLION-DOLLAR RECORDING CONTRACTS & are hailed as quote/unquote "Legends" for spewing Hate Speech against WOMEN.
Does ANYONE see the HYPOCRISY?
These "artists" then try to hide their Sexism behind the First Amendment & Free Speech - IGNORING the FACT that it is DISCRIMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF SEX.
When we have Elected Officials condoning, sponsoring & endorsing this kind of SEXIST HATE SPEECH, it elevates it to the level of STATE SPONSORED MISOGYNY.
Our soon-to-be out of office Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner STUNNINGLY had this to say on June 27, 2023 on Social Media (Twitter)
To which I rightfully responded (Click Image below for Original Blog Post)
This is not the first time I have called out State Sponsored Misogyny which is basically SLANDEROUS ReverseRacism.*
*Minor push-back on "Reverse" Racism.
There is NO SUCH THING AS REVERSE RACISM.
Racism is Racism is Racism.
There's no "Reverse" about it.
We can hear this going all the way back to the 1970s smash-hit "Every Day People" by Sly & the Family Stone.
Lyrics
Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah, yeah
There is a blue one who can't accept
The green one for living with
A fat one tryin' to be a skinny one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby-dooby-dooby
We got to live together
I am no better and neither are you
We're all the same, whatever we do
You love me, you hate me
You know me and then
You can't figure out the bag I'm in
I am everyday people
There is a long hair
That doesn't like the short hair
For being such a rich one
That will not help the poor one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on, scooby-dooby-dooby
We got to live together
There is a yellow one that won't
Accept the black one
That won't accept the red one
That won't accept the white one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and
Scooby-dooby-dooby
I am everyday people
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Sylvester Stewart
Everyday People lyrics © Mijac Music
I was born in 1961 & the 70s were my jam.
This album was THE VERY FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT
Clearly Americans have not learned this lesson in all 54 years since this first came out in 1969.
Americans need to view the Hate Speech in Black Music not as a First Amendment issue - not as a Free Speech issue, but as a DISCRIMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF SEX issue.
When we change our perception & our point of view, we can CLEARLY see & hear what is going on.
PUBLISH THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT TO END DISCRIMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF SEX & stop hiding behind the 1st Amendment. Hate Speech is not Free Speech it is DISCRIMINATION.
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