Media Questions Of The Week

1. Isn't it cool that the custom-made Maybach from the Jay-Z and Kanye West video for "Otis" will be auctioned off so that the proceeds go to the East African drought disaster? Especially when we know that some rappers would try to drive the car through their old neighborhoods?

2. Why is the Association of Black Women Historians upset about the portrayal of maids in "The Help" but not about all the other faulty portrayals of Black women in Hollywood?

[youtube]R0ahxr0FIAg#at=384 [/youtube]

3. How should Black women feel about Tyrese’s statement that the lack of Black women in his video for “I Gotta Chick” was due to the other women being “the best” ?



Mary J. Blige-The Living Proof

[youtube]XwI4zsNteU8&[/youtube]

Mary J. Blige sings “The Living Proof” as part of the soundtrack to “The Help” starring Viola Davis.