Rap Artist Kanye West's released his album "My Beautiful dark Twisted Fantasy" in early 2011."Monster" on the album featuring Jay-z, Nicki Minaj and Rick Ross was a hot track that released a video in June 2011. When the video was released many fans were anxious to see what the artist came up with. When his video "Monster" was released and by far is still discussed about how controversial his video is towards specific groups of people. Not to mention how West's video promotes violence towards women but how White women are perceived in the video.
Corpse of beautiful White women in lingerie and reduced to sex- doll like playthings. Though Kanye West did not mean to be negative to any groups of people why are White women in his video laying dead or hung. At the beginning of West's video a statement is proposed, " The following content is in no way to be interpreted as misogynistic or negative towards any groups of people. It is an art piece and shall be interpreted as such." Although this statement was proposed Kanye only did not want to be criticized as racial but we all know the truth. This video was taken way to far. He may have written this quote but only to remind his fans to not take the video offensively to anyone. But we all know that this is a lie and that this statement was written for Kanye to avoid any criticism in the media.
How is Kanye west comparing his Monster video to art when this video is not at all compared to his video "Runaway" a video of White women ballet performers, which is more as art rather than white women hanging from the ceiling dead. But also in the video you can see that west is in large table sitting with only African American people and the White women and men are their servants. In the video behind Jay-z lies a woman with her mouth wide indicating that her last act was a sexual one, and Rick Ross erotically eats a plate of raw human meat between a corpse's legs. And Kanye is in bed with two dead white women practically raping them. And obviously this is portraying the women as sex objects.
How is Kanye west comparing his Monster video to art when this video is not at all compared to his video "Runaway" a video of White women ballet performers, which is more as art rather than white women hanging from the ceiling dead. But also in the video you can see that west is in large table sitting with only African American people and the White women and men are their servants. In the video behind Jay-z lies a woman with her mouth wide indicating that her last act was a sexual one, and Rick Ross erotically eats a plate of raw human meat between a corpse's legs. And Kanye is in bed with two dead white women practically raping them. And obviously this is portraying the women as sex objects.
But what occurred to Kanye that this video would have not been discussed? If he did not mean to offend anyone especially White women than he would not have thought of the idea. So is Kanye expressing his feelings that White women are of the lowest and the sex objects? If not why is Nicki Minaj part of the monstrous crew. She is an African American women and she is not laying dead or hanging from the ceiling.
By: Karina Aguirre
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