Comments on: Rihanna and Thousands More: Ending Youth Dating Violence

By: Rihanna and Thousands More: Ending Youth Dating Violence : NO QUARTER

Rihanna and Thousands More: Ending Youth Dating Violence : NO QUARTER — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:30:26 +0000

[...] (Written by The New Agenda associate Judy Silver.) [...]

By: goesh

goesh — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:49:55 +0000

A letter to Rhianna:

http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-.....;gt1=32001

By: Sis

Sis — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:29:33 +0000

Walking in the park yesterday, to music thumping from cruising Honda Civics; some song calling women ho’s, and “fuck that”. Children in the playground. Runners. Group of young women pushing babies in strollers. Definitely fuck that. Where’s our song about niggers?

Dare you to leave that in. Of course, calling women ho’s is perfectly sonorous. That other; would I survive?

Up here, I have rarely, maybe twice in over a decade, seen it was white men with that music pumping out of their cars. I am so sick of hip hop violence passing for “culture”. And us having to listen to it.

By: Amy Siskind

Amy Siskind — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:25:01 +0000

We must all work to make this video go viral! I’ve mentioned the statistics about teenage violence against our girls to mothers and fathers all over and none of aware of this issue.

One in five is just shocking – could be any of our daughters!

By: S. Khan

S. Khan — Sun, 03 May 2009 02:03:25 +0000

Here’s a news story that ties in somewhat, if not exactly, with this.

http://www.thedenverchannel.co.....etail.html

The story has it that these boys (two aged 13 and one 10) threatened to rape and kill a 12 year old girl based on her race. That the rape threat was based on her femaleness hasn’t apparently been absorbed by the reporter, the police, or the school.

By: T

Sat, 02 May 2009 21:03:56 +0000

One thing that we can all do is refuse to purchase the vile, degrading, violent music that many young people are listening to. Much of the music and videos that are being watched are depicting women in horrific ways. Music is such a large and influential part of a young person’s life that we must work on ways to combat the negative influences they are encountering every day.

Tipper Gore was laughed at when she called for responsibility on the part of musicians, record companies and consumers. She was right. More people should have listened. The situation has gotten much worse.

The recent vile comments by Jamie Foxx against 16 year old Miley Cyrus were particularly disturbing and yet went unchallenged in all media. Why?

People like Jamie Foxx, the corporations that sell this trash and consumers must all be held accountable for this unfortunate situation that we find ourselves in.

Schools, churches, community groups etc. all must work together to change the attitudes.

The New Agenda can be of much help in this effort.