What's interesting about that is the fact that Judd's mammy, Naomi Judd has made some racist remarks in the past, so, it wouldn't surprise me if this broad has picked up on some of that.
Sadly, I love all of her movies, but I get a really bad feeling about this chick these days. She comes across as nasty in interviews and I always feel that "vibe" when there are black people involved.
Adding fuel to the fire, Judd wrote in her new memoir 'All That Is Bitter and Sweet' that rap is "rape culture."
"Along with other performers, YouthAIDS was supported by rap and hip-hop artists like Snoop Dogg and P. Diddy to spread the message...um, who? Those names were a red flag. As far as I'm concerned, most rap and hip-hop music -- with it's rape culture and insanely abusive lyrics and depictions of girls and women as 'ho's' -- is the contemporary soundtrack of misogyny. I believe that the social construction of gender -- the cultural beliefs and practices that divide the sexes and institutionalize and normalize the unequal treatment of girls and women, privilege the interests of boys and men, and, most nefariously, incessantly sexualize girls and women -- is the root cause of poverty and suffering around the world."Rapper ?uestlove from The Roots, who also serves as the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon was quite observant as well, saying:
"hmmm. at least i got my answer as to why ash judd didn't give us so much as a nod on her last visit. im a criminal,"
This feels different than Oprah's stand a few years back, this feels racist - but I've been wrong before.
Confederate.
ReplyDeleteSeems like she's speaking nothing but the truth. Rap today offers nothing but what she stated.
ReplyDeleteYEA IMA SAY WHAT SHE SAID WAS SO TRUE. WHY AS BLACK PEOPLE WE GOTTA STICK UP 4 EACH OTHER WHEN WE NO THEY WRONG. HE-LL I DONT WANT MY DAUGHTER BEING NO VIDEO HO.HALF NAKED ASS WOMEN ACTING TRASHY SHAKING THERE AZZES FOR CHANGE.IT ALMOST LIKE BEING A STRIPPER OR A STREET HO
ReplyDeleteNot for nothing but... wonder what her take is on all those white rappers with THEIR dancers? I could be wrong but - they are a part of that culture, too! ....just sayin'
ReplyDeleteShe's not racist, she's just citing the truth. If a black woman would have said these words, no one would question it.
ReplyDeleteThe sad thing is, even if it IS racists, it's sooooo close to the truth that it's distorted. . .
ReplyDelete" far as I'm concerned, most rap and hip-hop music -- with it's rape culture and insanely abusive lyrics and depictions of girls and women as 'ho's' -- is the contemporary soundtrack of misogyny."
ReplyDeleteExcuse me, but where is the rape culture a RAPE culture - when have you known Diddy to refer to women as bitches and hoes?
She generalized rap music because she clearly knows nothing of it.
And her mother is racist, so it's not hard for me to believe that she is too.
These confederate flag southern racist kill me. And it pisses me off that people "agree" without realizing what she said.
For every rapper who is negative, I can name one who isn't.
Rap is an art form just like acting is and if this trollop can visually PRETEND to be one on film for people to "enjoy", why can't a rapper TALK about one on wax for the same reasons?
Lady PR, all what you said is true. AND I will agree that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. However, I can't call her a racist because I know very little about her, even publically. The times I've seen her in interviews, she did come across as cold and no-nonsense, but I honestly I didn't stick around long enough to get the "racist" vibe from her. Maybe she is; maybe she isn't. She said that Bishop Desmond Tutu is her spiritual director and her best friend. . .
ReplyDeleteAs far as rap is concerned, yes she made a generalization and she admitted that to Russell Simmons. But that's what most people do when they are discussing issues. I can't be mad at her for what she said because I, myself have made that SAME generalization and I did so long before Ash Judd's statement. If what she said is NOT coming from a racist place, then why is it not OK for her to say the EXACT thing that Michael Eric Dyson, Bill Cosby and Cornel West have all said? People accuse Oprah of not liking rappers and if this is true, I'm quite sure it's for the same generalizations that I, Ashley Judd, Michael Eric Dyson, Bill Cosby and Cornel West have all made. Even Russell told her she is guilty of saying what every Black preacher says.
At any rate, Ashley said she was taking a stand against certain elements of THAT musical expression, that they are inappropriate. She said it's inappropriate in ANY genre. . .She said if people would read all 400 pages of her book, they will see what she really means.
There are some rappers whose lyrics should be banned. Judd conveniently left out the fact that long before Rap and Hip Hop the Hollywood industry that she works in has portrayed the same image of women that she claims to detest from Rappers. This woman is a racist she uses the "buzz words RAPE culture" and Hip Hop and Rap to describe this music. Judd might also consider checking her heritage she looks very dark.
ReplyDeleteRape Culture?
ReplyDeleteSince the FIRST SLAVE SHIP landed on American shores and the children of those poor women, started appearing with caucasoid features!
YEAH! IT SHORE IS A RAPE CULTURE!
Don't just highlight rap, go back further than THAT!
SMH
SHORE, SURE, SHO!
ReplyDeleteYa still get the gist!
Most of the rap music that I've heard and videos that I've seen ARE misogynistic, profane, unintelligent and representative of the worst of us. It is denigrating to women. I can't disagree with her about that.
ReplyDeleteWho is anyway?
ReplyDeletehttp://globalgrind.com/content/ashley-judd-doesnt-want-hip-hop-beef
ReplyDeleteFrom Globalgrind - Russell Simmons.
Ms Pearl I usually agree with what you have to see but I can't rock with you on this one. For the most part I think she's was stating the obvious. Yes, not all rap is about disrespecting women and insulting out intelligence but A LOT of it is.
ReplyDeleteGive me flack if you like but I think she has the right to state how she feels about rap and as a black woman I didn't find it offensive but hey that's just me.
Let's stop giving these so called rappers/entertainers a pass for putting out BS just because they're black. If you're wrong then you're wrong.
Opinions are like a&&holes we all have one!
She was correct until she said RAPE culture but then I decided to look at different references of the word.....
ReplyDelete"When part of a widespread and systematic practice, rape and sexual slavery are recognized as crimes against humanity and war crimes. Rape is also recognized as an element of the crime of genocide(Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group) when committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a targeted ethnic group."
I don't let my children watch BET myself and I ain't a racist but a realist. Rap has some destructive aspects and Diddy is NOT a good example of a GOOD rapper. You have to look in his personal life to see how much he has for woman so it has been be protrayed the somewhere in his music. Rap has evolved into a different beast in the last 15-20 years.