Saturday, April 09, 2005
Saturday Night's All Right Et Cetera Dept.
Tonight's the last night of the Hip-Hop summit in Chicago. And I'm remiss in not mentioning this before. But that doesn't mean I'm not looking forward to reportage and response and some juicy damage assessment after the fact.
From MsMusings, "Hip-Hop Hits Nerve"
The Feminism and Hip-Hop conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at University of Chicago kicks off tonight. I hope to cover at least a few of the sessions tomorrow and/or Saturday.
Both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune ran lengthy stories this week about the conference and the issues that will be discussed. The Sun-Times today has another story about organizers' efforts to incorporate positive aspects of hip-hop.
"Ordinarily, conferences don't excite me too much," writes Tribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice. "But this one and others that have been popping up on campuses around the country warm my heart. That's because the only way to rise up against the segment of hip-hop that glorifies thuggery and materialism and demeans women -- the segment that also happens to be the most dominant and lucrative -- is to make some noise."
It seems a lot of people are ready to do just that, as registration filled up several weeks ago. Aside from the Nelly concert Friday night -- Nelly being the artist Spelman College students protested for his degrading lyrics about women -- this could be the hottest ticket in town. ¶ 4/09/2005 12:14:00 PM
Tonight's the last night of the Hip-Hop summit in Chicago. And I'm remiss in not mentioning this before. But that doesn't mean I'm not looking forward to reportage and response and some juicy damage assessment after the fact.
From MsMusings, "Hip-Hop Hits Nerve"
The Feminism and Hip-Hop conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at University of Chicago kicks off tonight. I hope to cover at least a few of the sessions tomorrow and/or Saturday.
Both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune ran lengthy stories this week about the conference and the issues that will be discussed. The Sun-Times today has another story about organizers' efforts to incorporate positive aspects of hip-hop.
"Ordinarily, conferences don't excite me too much," writes Tribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice. "But this one and others that have been popping up on campuses around the country warm my heart. That's because the only way to rise up against the segment of hip-hop that glorifies thuggery and materialism and demeans women -- the segment that also happens to be the most dominant and lucrative -- is to make some noise."
It seems a lot of people are ready to do just that, as registration filled up several weeks ago. Aside from the Nelly concert Friday night -- Nelly being the artist Spelman College students protested for his degrading lyrics about women -- this could be the hottest ticket in town. ¶ 4/09/2005 12:14:00 PM
