Summary
Philippe P. Dauman, president and CEO of Viacom International Inc.; Edgar Bronfman Jr., chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group; Doug Morris, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group; Alfred C. Liggins HI, president and CEO of Radio One Inc.; and Strauss Zelnick, chairman of Take Two Interactive Software, a company that often uses hip-hop songs as soundtracks for its computer and video games. Feeling shut out from conversations involving shock jock Don Imus and discussions of Anucha Browne Sanders' successful sexual harassment lawsuit against New York Knicks basketball coach Isiah Thomas, Black female leaders such as Bediako, blogger Gina McCauley and Williams are demanding a public reckoning.
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Fighting the Power
Lisa Fager Bediako tried hard to hide her irritation, but not that hard. She listened attentively during Michael Eric Dyson's testimony before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection in September, her slight aggravation visible on her face.
Dyson, part of the subcommittee's second all-male panel on the topic, "From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images," performed his typical linguistic gymnastics for the assembled audience, the subcommittee members and C-SPAN's cameras. The real subject of the hearing, chaired by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), was major-label hip-hop music. ...See the full content of this document
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