--- Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > http://www.msnbc.com/news/964761.asp > > "The energy drink, Pimp Juice - named after one of > >the rapper�s hit songs � sends the wrong message to > young Blacks...<snip> > > > > "...But Scott [Minister Paul Scott of the > >Messianic Afrikan Nation] called the endorsement a > >�tremendous step backward.� > > " �...The title of Nelly�s new energy drink, > > Pimp Juice, rubbed me the wrong way and made me > >jump up and shout, �We are not pimps and ho�s; we > >are the > > fathers and mothers of civilization being pimped > >by the system and treated like ho�s,�� Scott said." > How do you tell the difference between indoctrinated > raceism and civil rights leaders? <snip> > > A true leader would have talked about the evils of > pimping and the > rediculousness of using the word pimp to describe a > "cool guy". You know that > end the end, Scott didn't even get the mannor in > which the word "pimp" was > being used. A real leader would have understood and > adressed the situation > appropriatly, and without envocing racial conflict. Mmm, I was too annoyed with the drink name to notice Scott's stance WRT "the system;" someday I hope that everyone is judged on who they are as a person, without appealing to various "isms." Debbi Not In My Lifetime, But Someday Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
