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Dakota Fanning’s Cosmopolitan controversy
Jan 8th
Dakota Fanning looks very sexy and grown up on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine, but not everyone thinks it’s a good look.
The 17-year-old débuts her racy cover for the February issue of Cosmo by wearing a plunging, figure-hugging dress.
The Runaways actress who turns 18 at the end of next month, looks considerably older than her age, but is it too racy for a teen?
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BET stands by Rihanna amidst the man down controversy
Jun 3rd
The Parents Television Council is trying to shut down Rihanna’s ‘Man Down’ video because it depicts Rihanna shooting her rapist in cold blood claiming, “If Chris Brown shot a woman in his new video and BET premiered it, the world would stop”…
In an open letter the PTC writes,
The Parents Television Council® joined with Industry Ears and the Enough Is Enough Campaign to condemn murder as depicted in Rihanna’s latest music video, “Man Down,” and call on Viacom to stop airing it. The video, which premiered on BET’s “106 & Park” on May 31, shows Rihanna in an implied rape scene with a man whom she later guns down in an act of premeditated murder.
“‘Man Down’ is an inexcusable, shock-only, shoot-and-kill theme song. In my 30 years of viewing BET, I have never witnessed such a cold, calculated execution of murder in primetime. Viacom’s standards and practices department has reached another new low,” said Paul Porter, co-founder of Industry Ears and a former voice of BET.
“If Chris Brown shot a woman in his new video and BET premiered it, the world would stop. Rihanna should not get a pass and BET should know better. The video is far from broadcast worthy,” Porter stated.
“Rihanna’s personal story and status as a celebrity superstar provided a golden opportunity for the singer to send an important message to female victims of rape and domestic violence. Instead of telling victims they should seek help, Rihanna released a music video that gives retaliation in the form of premeditated murder the imprimatur of acceptability. The message of the disturbing video could not be more off base,” said Melissa Henson, director of communications and public education for the Parents Television Council.
“To make matters worse, Rihanna went to Twitter this week to tell her fans the video contains a ‘very strong underlying message 4 girls like me.’ A graphic portrayal of the singer getting back at an attacker by shooting him in cold blood in a crowded train station and then fleeing the scene is potentially the worst possible message that could be sent.
“No one questions that female pop stars can be profoundly influential in the lives of young girls. A new study in the Journal of Children and Media serves to further underscore that point, especially among girls ages nine to 11. We call on Viacom to immediately stop airing the video,” Henson said.
“Once again BET has chosen the low road over the high road. Violence is a pervasive problem in all corners of our society and today’s youth need more positive strategies for dealing with conflict than those portrayed in the Rihanna video. This video is one among several frequently played on Viacom music video networks that lyrically or graphically glorifies violence and other behavior inappropriate for teens and youth,” said Pastor Delman Coates, founder of the Enough Is Enough Campaign.
“‘Man Down’ is a clear violation of BET’s own programming guidelines shared with the public by Debra Lee, the chairman and CEO of BET Networks. I join with the Parents Television Council and Industry Ears in calling on Viacom executives to immediately pull the video from programs that are targeted to youth and teenagers,” Coates concluded.
BET is standing by their girl…
In a statement released to the press regarding the controversy surrounding Rihanna’s Man Down video BET says the video will continue to air…
BET “has a comprehensive set of standards and guidelines that are applied to all of our content. The Rihanna ‘Man Down’ video complied with these guidelines and was approved for air.”
Rihanna’s response:
After the Parents Television Council ripped Rihanna for the strong message she sends in her new video ‘Man Down’ by killing her rapist, Rihanna took to her Twitter page to offer her rebuttal…
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Fat Ho Burger Controversy
Mar 30th
source: KWTX.com
Fat Ho Burgers is stacking up the controversy.
The slangily-named burger joint made a splash when it opened in the conservative town of Waco, Tex., down the street from Gospel Café – a volunteer-run religious cafe and bookstore.
The menu’s items include Supa Fly Ho with Cheese, Fat Chicken Ho or the Sloppy Ho Brisket. And for the younger Fat Ho customers, there’s Tiny Ho Meals.
But not everyone is getting the joke.
“Would’ve been nice to think a little more sensitively,” Pastor Marsha Martie told local television station myFoxDFW.
There’s also a Facebook group asking Evans to change the restaurant’s name.
But Fat Ho Burgers’ owner Lakita Evans, who opened the joint, said critics are misinterpreting the name.
“It’s not calling people a ho. It’s just like they say, ‘Oooh, that ho is big,’ or, ‘That ho is tight!’ ” she said. “Look what’s going on in Japan,” she added. “It’s like clear this world is not gonna get any better. Why cry and be depressed? The economy is bad. Somebody gotta keep a sense of humor around here.”
She said the name came to her while she was watching a movie.
“I was watching ‘Phat Girlz’ … and they had like a fat a– burger and skinny a– fries,” she told KWTX.com.
Luckily for Evans, the publicity surrounding her controversial burger joint has reportedly been great for business. On Wednesday, the cash-only business ran out of cash – and then its supply of beef, KWTX.com reported.
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Beyonce’s black face controversy
Feb 24th
Beyonce is stirring a hell of a lot of controversy with this new L’Officiel Magazine photoshoot…
In the shoot for the March issue of the French magazine, the R&B/Pop superstar appears in blackface as part of “paying homage to the African queens through the ages.” However, a lot of people don’t see the “homage” and actually think that Beyonce wearing blackface is offensive.
“Blackface is not fashion forward or edgy and in my opinion, it is just flat out offensive. Black folks must have a zero tolerance policy for any manifestation of blackface, period,” wrote one blogger.
“If people allow this blatant cross into the offensive zone there will certainly be more to come,” writes another. “Whether the decision to pass off blackface as fashion was made ignorantly or not, there has been enough rumble in the jungle for the industry to be aware of itself.”
My thoughts:
supposedly Beyonce is paying “homage” to Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti.
I grew up listening to Fela Kuti, how the hell is this paying Homage to him?
Beyonce needs to sit down some where, if your gona make yourself darker to show the beauty of darkskin,
why the hell would you stop at your face #EPICFAIL!! #fuckouttahere.
this is how it should have been done, here is xiomara from ANTM cycle 2,
she went from being Puerto Rican to Grace Jones and looked fierce.
Beyonce should have taken lessons from her and went all the way with it.
Someone brought this to my attenion on FB…they were bothered by how much the make up
looks like a bone, going through her nose, from this angle…
the resembles in rather simular, but I doubt she was aware of any of this.
Here goes our president looking the same way, this was done in 2010
I love how folks say racism is a thing of the past smh.
dark face, Light skin body, i love how she managed to keep the long blond weave in smh….
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The Crack vs. Cocaine sentencing controversy is almost over
Jul 29th
Congress has taken a bold move with “The Crack vs. Cocaine” sentencing controversy and have decided to pass the “fair sentencing act”, which would lessen the penalty for the possession of crack cocaine and make it fair to the sentencing for possession of cocaine.
Since the boom of crack cocaine in the mid 80′s- The laws have been stronger against the possession of crack rock which is found primarily in urban communities…powder cocaine is mainly used by middle to upper class whites.
The law, which was enacted in 1986, allowed an individual in possession of 5 grams of crack to receive the same prison term as a person convicted of trafficking 500 grams of powder cocaine. If passed, the bill would also eliminate the five-year mandatory minimum for first time possession of crack.
“Politicians and the U.S. Sentencing Commission have for years acknowledged the unfairness of the system, but no one wanted to look soft on crime,”claims Julie Stewart- the president of Families Against Mandatory Minimums.
During his presidential campaign, President Obama agreed that the sentencing was unfair and claimed that “the wide gap in sentencing cannot be justified and should be eliminated.”
The bill didn’t come without any opposition, with Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas speaking out against the bill, saying the 1986 law was enacted at a time when the crack cocaine epidemic was producing a rise in violence within minority communities and that enacting the bill would be a mistake.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who sponsored the bill, brought up the fact that while Blacks make up 30 percent of crack users, they account for more than 80 percent of those convicted of federal crack offenses.
The bill is being sent to President Obama for final approval and signature.
