CBS can't please anyone these days...

[LeahMira]

posted by Oread Daily on Wednesday February 11 2004 @ 02:49PM PST




INSULTING…TO SAY THE LEAST

The Oneida Nation of New York is adding its criticism of a hip-hop group's
performance at the 46th annual GRAMMY awards Sunday night to that of many
other Indian groups. In a statement, the tribe said OutKast's use of Indian imagery
insulted Native Americans. The tribe said the group and CBS, which aired the broadcast, share the
blame. The Native American Cultural Center has called for a boycott of CBS, the National Academy
of Recording Arts and Sciences and OutKast's record label. Chairman Andrew Brother Elk said an
apology by a CBS spokesperson, printed in a South Dakota newspaper, isn't enough. He said, "An
actual apology when it comes should be from Les Moonves, head of CBS."

Performing its popular and Grammy-winning song "Hey Ya!," OutKast went onstage with a lighted
and smoking tipi, a band member wearing a headdress, women dancing in green stereotypical
Native American garb with feathers in their headbands and frontman Andre 3000 sporting a green
outfit reminiscent of an "Indian brave" costume from 1940s Hollywood westerns. Indian activist
Vernon Bellecourt equated it to the African-American group performing, "with a grass skirt, a bone
through their nose, a war lance in hand and balancing a watermelon and pork chop in the other.
African-Americans would be outraged. Why do they think that's a positive portrayal of our people?"

Sources: Indianz, Oneida Nation, Argus Leader
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=04/02/11/9782202

[RandomKoolzip]

1. Silly me, I thought they were paying TRIBUTE to Indian culture....

I don't get how this is seen as an insult. Dre and Big Boi are very concious poets. In fact, of all the mainstream hip hop acts, they are probably the ONLY ones with a social conscience. Shouldn't the fact that they brought Indian culture onto a huge stage in front of tens of millions of viewers, and then WON a bunch of awards (Indians=winners, for once) count for something?
Jeeez.

[DinahMoeHum]

2. Big-time karmic justice is being meted out to CBS

in the form of embarrassment, as punishment for refusing to air MoveOn-dot-Org's ad during the Super Bowl:

Those skanky commercials during the Super Bowl.
The half-time show at the Super Bowl.
The FCC calling out (in self-righteousness) CBS-MTV-Viacom
The general uproar about all the above.
The Grammy Awards.


:evilgrin:

[mac2]

3. Thank you, Janet

I'm happy to see Congress (Broadcast Decency Hearings) finally do something about the crap "entertainment" on our TVs.

Powell was horrified over Janet's breast but not over free speech is funny is it not? No one's talking about the bad entertainment it really is.

Frankly I'm sick of dancing crotch grabbing...let's get it on...dancing on TV. MTV music is not enjoyed by all..nor the behavior of those groups.

Singing and dancing is one thing..."sexual ache" is another!!! After 9 or 10PM OK but not for children or adults like myself (and I was young during the free 60s). I hate those MAD advertisements on the Comedy channel. keep them for after 10pm pleaseee...