Thursday, May 17, 2012

This is amazing. A young man, Dominique Giamo, comes to the aid of a Muslim man in need of help. Even though this was all an act (The Show: What Would You Do?), Dominique comes to the rescue for this actor. His words and actions are truly inspirational. He looks past skin color, race, religion, gender, etc. Instead, Dominique only sees another human being in trouble, and comes to his aid. This is how everyone should treat each other - with love.

This brings a few questions to mind:
Why are people unwilling to help out their fellow human beings?
What justifications do people bring up in order to make an excuse for not helping others?
Why is it so difficult for people to accept others?


Sunday, May 6, 2012

R. Kelly - Snake

I felt this was a good video to analyze after watching Sex and the City 2. Though the song has hardly anything to do with race and popular culture, the video says it all. There are many things I felt that should be taken into consideration involving the women being of Middle Eastern descent. First, the women are dancing and gyrating half-naked and yet keep the lower half of their faces covered like the women in Sex and the City 2. It's possible that R. Kelly was trying to show women that they could keep their womanhood and morals (hence the covering of the face) and yet still appreciate their naturally good looking bodies. Also, where it seems that Sex and the City 2 mocks the Middle Eastern culture, this video seems to show appreciation because R. Kelly is in their environment participating in their culture (hence his attendance at the duel, him wearing a head covering, and him riding a camel and not a sportscar). Appreciation of the Middle Eastern Culture is key because this video was shot in 2003, around the time Bush declared War on Iraq.