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25 3 2004 0 00 00
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Sobre aquele evento do peito da Janet Jackson, extraído do Peter David, um raciocínio que ainda não me havia ocorrido:
And every time you see articles about censorship lately, they all keep referring to Janet Jackson’s breast as being some sort of (pardon the expression) flashpoint. This fixation on a exposed mammary gland, an object possessed by roughly half the people in this country, displayed for two seconds in the midst of a three hour program featuring violent men in tight pants, sexy cheerleaders, and commercials with such family friendly aspects as amusing flatulence.
(…) Anyway, I find myself wondering…how much of this stems from her being Black?
(…) Lawsy lawsy, a Black woman is overtly displaying her sexuality. Where does she get off? Black women can have equality, sure…but only on our terms, and when we’re ready to give it to them (such as when the predominantly white voting body of the Academy Awards bestows an Oscar on Halle Berry.) But if they’re aggressive about it, or get in people’s faces about it, then it’s time to call out the defenders of decency and beat them back into submission before it’s too late. Make damned sure Janet Jackson doesn’t show up on the Grammys (although Justin Timberlake, whose inability to grip the correct section of the costume was very likely responsible for the incident, it’s okay for him to be there. The white guy can show his face; the Black woman has to hide.)
You think I’m wildly off base about this? Think there’s not the slightest kernel of truth? Consider this, and give yourself a very honest answer… If it had been Snoop Doggy Dog ripping the blouse off Christina Aguillera, do you think the skew of the subsequent coverage would have been on a white woman’s breast? Or would it have been on a helpless white woman being sexually assaulted by a Black man?
Tirando o fato de que aquilo deve ter sido planejado (afinal, ela tinha uma estrela colada no peito), eu acho que faz sentido. That’s the way things work over there…