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This description of the plot is by Akiba Solomon, writing for Colorlines:“The video begins with a tense Rihanna perched in the upper balcony of a crowded train station. When she spots a tall man with a “buck 50” scar on his cheek (in this context, visual code for “badman” or gangsta) she shoots him in the back of the head then winces. Toward the end of the clip, we learn why the tearful singer “shot a man down, in Central Station, in front of a big old crowd”: Because the night before, at a sweaty dancehall, she sets physical limits with him and he retaliates by following her home and raping her.”Solomon’s description is the best I’ve seen for all it doesn’t take for granted and for all it explains. The video was shot in Jamaica but the signifiers of "place" are actually quite unclear (even less so to an African-Americanized audience). There are no Jamaican flags waving. The name of the train station in the beginning is not shown. Ads for things like Vita Coco proliferate but globalization has made such things international staples from Miami to Accra. English decorates signs and insignia, distinguishing this as a particular diasporic space but there are few other markers of Anglo-ness.
"I suspect that once we have finished ransacking our planet’s resou..."He was speaking of Haiti. And of tipping points. And of can’t-turn-back-nows.
“In the future, we kill our attackers”OR
“Even in the future, black girls who own their sexuality, who demand justice, who are in process, who are not walking vaginas to be touched, fondled, kissed without permission, street harassed, followed, honked at, beaten or raped are aliens?”From some quarters, it would seem that black girls owning their sexuality is still alien, foreign, dangerous, toxic behavior and gawd forbid it spread to your daughter.
“‘Man Down’ is an inexcusable, shock-only, shoot-and-kill theme son...In the future, apparently, to walk through the world at peace with yourself, secure, loved and loving, kissing grandmas, hugging little sisters, teasing the boys, wearing clothes that let the sun touch your skin, let the wind rush past the skin of inside your thighs--all of this will still mark you as a being from outer space and out of bounds, subject to immediate discipline. A sentencing and a silencing.
“Once again BET has chosen the low road over the high road. Violenc...pervasive problem in all corners of our society and today’s youth n...positive strategies for dealing with conflict than those portrayed i...video. This video is one among several frequently played on Viacom ...video networks that lyrically or graphically glorifies violence and ...inappropriate for teens and youth....”Because the only positive role for black girls is quiet, is cornered, is clothed, is virginal and vaginal and covered.
“Whenever this topic comes up, it's inevitable that someone will sa... murder is worse than rape and walk away from the subject as if that was some kind of conversa... End of discussion. I win. You lose. ...This is more than a matter of how hard it is to imagine a future where women are safe, are whole, are healthy, wear pink and white, kiss boys, kiss girls and touch themselves without violence.
The thing with rape is that it is primarily a crime against women. ... lot of women's nightmares. “
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