SHARPTON CALLS FOR BAN ON RACIST LYRICS
Civil rights activist REVEREND AL SHARPTON has once again called for a ban on all racist and derogatory lyrics from hip-hop, taking his protest to the streets in 20 cities across the U.S. on Tuesday (07Aug07).
The Day of Outrage rallies were part of Sharpton’s National Action Network’s Decency Initiative, and protests to clean up rap took place in areas such as New York City; Los Angeles; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan, and Dallas, Texas.
Sharpton is calling on the big companies in the entertainment industry to put pressure on artists to stop using words like ‘bitch’, ‘ho’ and ‘n**ger’ in their lyrics, or withdraw public investment in the genre.
He says, "We’re talking about Viacom, Time Warner, Vivendi. The opposition has tried to use the argument of free speech, but they don’t have the freedom to use peoples’ pension funds against their own will and interest." National Action Network spokeswoman, Rachel Noerdlinger, adds, "New York state has $3 billion (£1.5 billion) invested in companies that use words like n**ga, bitch and ho. They need to quit."
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