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NATIONAL POLITICAL CONGRESS OF BLACK WOMEN, INC.
600 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 1125 Washington, D.C. 20037 (202) 338-0800 Fax (202) 625-0499
POLITICAL ******** CONGRESS OF BLACK
WOMEN
FOUNDEDIN
MEMORANDUM
NATIONAL OFFICERS:
CHAIR
Hon. C. Delores Tucker
February 8, 1994
CHAIR EMERITUS
TO:
ALL CHAPTER CHAIRS, BOARD MEMBERS, MEMBERS AND
Hon. Shirley Chisholm
COALITION FRIENDS
FIRST VICE CHAIR
FROM:
C. DELORES TUCKER, NATIONAL CHAIR
Rev. Willie Barrow
SECOND VICE CHAIR
RE:
CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS & TOWN HALL MEETING ON
Deborah Lewis
GANGSTA RAP
THIRD VICE CHAIR
In response to our consistent protests against Gangsta
Nicole McPherson
Rap, and at our urging, we are pleased to announce the
RECORDING SECRETARY
following Capitol Hill hearings and local town meetings.
Rev. Dorothy J. Josey
REP. COLLINS CONVENES HEARINGS
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1994
Tahiya R. Nyahuma
10:00 a.m.
RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, RM. 2123
TREASURER
Rev. Gloria E. Miller
GENERAL COUNSEL
Maxine Bethel Cade, Esq.
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and
Competitiveness chaired by Rep. Cardiss Collins will hold
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
hearings which will focus on the production, sale, and
Glinda Anderson
distribution in interstate commerce of music that
Kimberly Bell
contains violent or misogynistic lyrics.
Cynthia Booth
Vivian Caver
MOSELEY-BRAUN HOLDS GANGSTA RAP HEARINGS
Cynthia Downs
Geraldine R. Eure, Esq.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1994
Queen Gladden
10:00 a.m.
Donzella James
DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, RM. 226
Trish Morris-Yamba
Hazel Obey
The Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice will hold
Gwendolyn Patton
Johnnie Rice
hearings to discuss the effects of the explicit lyrics
Annette Rainwater
in rap music on the physical and emotional well being of
Barbara W. Skinner
our youth
Hon. Mable Thomas
Yvette E. Thomas, Esq.
Onah Weldon
Jeriene Worthy
501 (C)(3) Non-Profit Organization
Memorandum
Page two
Feb. 8, 1994
TOWN HALL MEETING
Friday, February 11, 1994
7:00 p.m.
GREATER NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH
816 8th STREET, NW
The meeting is being sponsored by WPFW radio station and
will be broadcast live by the station and C-SPAN. It
is imperative that we have a strong showing of
membership, since I'm sure the other side will. The
church is located (8th & H Sts., )one block from the
Gallery Place Metro Stop, if you exit at 7th street.
P.S.
Please copy and get as many signatures as possible on the
enclosed petition. Also, after you've collected all the
signatures, please don't forget to return them to our
office.
b: \gangsta \hearings
SOURCE: SISTER2SISTER MAGAZINE
For Women's Eyes Only
Words from the World of Rap Music
If you really feel you want to hide your
Well, I'm not sure but listen anyway 'cause I
face in the sand, do not read on!
was there.
Last month we printed the lyrics to several rap
Now the town had a problem back then, too
songs to give those of us who are not submerged
many rats.
in the rap world a taste of the variety of this ex-
Rats that was bigger than cats.
plosive genre of music. Some of the lyrics were
1 know that sounds crazy my man,
offensive, but we printed them almost literally so
But I swear goodle stupid rats everywhere.
that we all could understand their impact on the
Now me myself, I was tryin to stay clean,
young people who listen to them. This month, we
'Cause every day you hear somebody else O.D.-
do it again, although this is not to become a reg-
ing on the cheese.
ular feature in your magazine.
The towns people used to gather 'round,
We show lyrics of both extremes. Some good.
But every meeting had the same old sound.
Some had.
"Well you all know me, I'm the mayor Brana-
We don't think bad words or raunchy thoughts
gain
per se warrant concern. We're not exactly
It seems that the cloud will never end
squeaky clean ourselves. Millie Jackson in her
heyday was offensive, but who cared. She was
"Mr. Piper the rats have got me on my knees,
adult entertainment, not kid entertainment. The
Got our children all turned out on checse.
music these lyrics are from is for kids!
And by the time the kids get to be eleven or
One of Sister,Sister's reasons for being is to dis-
twelve,
seminate information. On the whole, we feel that
They're using it and selling It and turning into
rats themselves.
printing the words does more good than harm.
After all, our children listen to them many kids
Oh Mr. Piper please accept my apology
know them by heart.
On behalf of cheeseville I'll pay you any fee.
/ like to ask my kids to choose a rap
We come together and the people of the city
song-good, bad or indifferent- we listen to it to-
agree,
gether and they interpret it to me. It only takes
That any price is worth a rat free society."
three to five minutes a week. It shows I'm inter-
So they negotiated ten grand, Here's the plan.
ested in their world. / learn a lot about how they
When the jobs done, cash in the piper's hand.
think and how the music affects them. And It's
He licked his lips while he tilted his hat,
Kicked it all off with a raw B-flat.
fun!!
As the notes grew hyper and hyper,
Everybody moved to the sound of the piper.
Now the rats fell in line like zombies,
"The Piper" (An anti-drug theme)
Proceeded to march to the city's outer bound-
aries.
by CHEBA
Now there was a little town called Cheeseville
Led by the piper's song to the hills,
Set in a valley, no wait a minute maybe It was
That's where they gots to chill
on a hill.
I think somewhere between Ohio and Delaware
"Teach a Muthaf@ka How To Eat the P@y Right"
can all the same
by Bytches With Problems
Not fully American but we're getting there
Make like Moses and part my p@y like the red
slowly
sca
Cause to fully be American you know you got
and slide your fat tongue inside of me
to take out the name afro
cat this motherf@ker like it's a raw dish
Now they relax our hair they might as well call
(well, what's on the menu?) seafood b@ch!
us Toba
suck on my p@y like a fresh ripe mango
See afro and black are African
and drink it down like a g@dam whino
While thief is American
take my legs wrap it around ya head
So how can Afro American make sense
suffocating this b@rd till he's almost dead
Your ancestors come from Africa by selling
don't give a f@k cause I'm tryin to get off
them
homeboy himself wasn't taking a loss
Now you're born in America
when I looked down he had his hand on his
So the black man is homeless even though he
d@k
pays rent
I could not believe he was masturbating and
So black people say we built this place
s@t
Well, let me make this little topic known
what a date (what a date) top rate (top rate)
like frosted flakes (like frosted flakes)
The Japanese also built this place
It tastes great! (It tastes great!)
And technically they are winning the race
My p@y was goopin like cottage cheese
But at the end of the day
his mouth was drippin as he stood to his feet
The Japanese go home
Do you see the point I'm getting at
now the mother f@er want to bust a n@t
I'm not a racist. I'm stating the facts
what do you tell em (ain't no such luck)
Blacks are actually prisoners of war
I got my s@t off and now I'm done
Cause while South Africa continues to fight
so git your funky a@ up and out my son
We try our best to live more and more white
he started dissin cause he had to leave
Proof that the blacks have been stripped to
he said I@k you b@ch and your hair weave
their core
Well I guess I did sing or dance enough for
black radio to play this stuff
But this ain't stuff like ice cream with a sugar
cone
"Homeless"
I'm only here to state one fact. Wake up
by KRS-1 of Boogle Down Productions
African. Your color black
You can call a man a bum
And every black man is homeless cause he
With disgust on your morning run
ain't got no home
'Cause he lives outside on the street and you
don't notice
But you fail to realize the one you so despise
reflects yourself
Because every black man is homeless
You can take your Alka Seltzers while you talk
about shelter
You might even want to talk about loan
Cause no matter how rich you become, you'll
always be two not one
'Cause believe it or not America ain't your
home
We've been taught to say our name Afro Ameri-
SISTER2SISTER NOVEMBER 1990 29
MORE RAP LYRICS FROM SISTER2SISTER MAGAZINE
Cult to crucify the Intelligent black man
Chorus:
Honor Is African to die as a dweller
Reach out to teach like Nelson Mandela
Just becuz your hair ain't rcal,
Power for all my people
Don't think that 1 don't know the deal
The rebels back and the brothers are equal
And just becuz your eyes ain't real,
So Icts unite so we can all resist him
Don't think that I don't know the deal
Black the shade of the solar system
With Freedom of speech I'll scream It loud
Spend my fOkin money,
Proud to be black cause black I'm proud
Invest my f©kin time
And hoh you want to front on me.
Chorus:
I took you on a date
Spent $100 a plate,
I'm living this race like a marathon
And now 1 want some pDs boh
And I'm going out like Farakahn
You yellin date rape
But he's not out, cause the brother's all in
You fake hair wearin' bohes,
The black man was here from the day it began
Ya'll know you ain't sor.
Beware the curse seed is out there
You should be takin a quick, slick lick
Tragedy will live for a light year
On Mr. Marquis' big black d©k.
As long as we fight and go all out for each other
Black will be the color of my brothers
Now stars get happy
Find your ancestors and what they did
When you walk Into the place
Cause Intelligent blacks built pyramids
Becuz they know that on that night
Seek and obtain you'll find descriptions
They'll come all in your face
Pyramids were built by Egyptians
Walkin around the party
And put on plantations to work the fastest
With your drawers up in your aOs
Mothers and sisters raped by slave masters
Trying to front on me
Gamed by the devil and swift talkers
Like you got some 10kin class
And to this day my brothers are sleepwalkers
The way you carry yourself
Tricked by the devil to feel inferior
It's a motheri©kin shame
In all reality my people are superior
You give all the whores In the world
A bad fokin name
Freedom of speech 1 scream it loud
Mis High and Mighty,
Proud to be black cause black 1,m proud
That's who you think you are
Come on and suck my dok. boh
Chorus:
You know I'm a star
From the freedom fighter, here to keep fighting
Illustrating an issue on a government Item
Africa is In need but the government's steppin
Collecting taxes for testing weapons
You can stand by the rebel cause I know It's gonna 1
BLACK AND PROUD
A better way another way I'm proud to say
by Intelligent Hoodlum
Black is dominant and here to stay
But for this day I cannot walt
Chorus:
To see who will win over love and hate
Use your brain don't kill It with base
Black I'm proud
A mind is a terrible thing to waste
I'm black and I'm proud
Hannibal conquered Europe on elephants
Can't stop the bum rush
Another black man of intelligence
We grow with a black complex
Blessed with a talented format
But we should be encouraged by Malcolm X
I'm kicking the earth like a doormat
With freedom of speech he spoke It loud
The more I grow the more I understand
No sell out. no sell out
And I don't really care about a grafted man
Proud to be black cause
Cause he wants to mold me shape and carve me
Black he was proud
But I use my mind like Marcus Garvey
Dr. King was a man with a new falth
They got rid of him, that was the last date
Klu Is Klux the man of a Klan
SOURCE: SISTER2SISTER MAGAZINE
For Women's Eyes Only
Words from the World of Rap Music
If you really feel you want to hide your
Well, I'm not sure but listen anyway 'cause I
face in the sand, do not read on!
was there.
Last month we printed the lyrics to several rap
Now the town had a problem back then, too
songs to give those of us who are not submerged
many rats.
in the rap world a taste of the variety of this ex-
Rats that was bigger than cats.
plosive genre of music. Some of the lyrics were
1 know that sounds crazy my man,
offensive, but we printed them almost literally so
But I swear goodle stupid rats everywhere.
that we all could understand their impact on the
Now me myself, I was tryin to stay clean,
young people who listen to them. This month, we
'Cause every day you hear somebody else O.D.-
do it again, although this is not to become a reg.
ing on the cheese.
ular feature in your magazine.
The towns people used to gather 'round,
We show lyrics of both extremes. Some good.
But every meeting had the same old sound.
Some had.
"Well you all know me, I'm the mayor Brana-
We don't think bad words or raunchy thoughts
gain
per se warrant concern. We're not exactly
It seems that the cloud will never end
squeaky clean ourselves. Millie Jackson in her
heyday was offensive, but who cared. She was
"Mr. Piper the rats have got me on my knees,
adult entertainment, not kid entertainment. The
Got our children all turned out on checse.
music these lyrics are from is for kids!
And by the time the kids get to be eleven or
One of Sister,Sister's reasons for being is to dis-
twelve,
seminate information. On the whole, we feel that
They're using it and selling it and turning into
rats themsclves.
printing the words does more good than harm.
Alter all, our children listen to them many kids
Oh Mr. Piper please accept my apology
know them by heart.
On behalf of cheeseville I'll pay you any fee.
/ like to ask my kids to choose a rap
We come together and the people of the city
song-good, bad or indifferent- we listen to it to-
agree,
gether and they interpret it 10 me. 11 only takes
That any price is worth a rat free society."
three to five minutes a week. It shows I'm inter-
So they negotiated ten grand, Here's the plan.
ested in their world. / learn a lot about how they
When the jobs done, cash in the piper's hand.
think and how the music affects them. And It's
He licked his lips while he tilted his hat,
Kicked it all off with a raw B-flat.
fun!!
As the notes grew hyper and hyper,
Everybody moved to the sound of the piper.
Now the rats fell In line like zombies,
Proceeded to march to the city's outer bound-
"The Piper" (An anti-drug theme)
aries.
by CHEBA
Now there was a little town called Cheeseville
Led by the piper's song to the hills,
Set in a valley, no walt a minute maybe It was
That's where they gots to chill
on a hill.
I think somewhere between Ohio and Delaware
"Teach a Muthaf@ka How To Eat the P@y Right"
can all the same
by Bytches With Problems
Not fully American but we're getting there'
Make like Moses and part my p@y like the red
slowly
sea
Cause to fully be American you know you got
and slide your fat tongue inside of mc
to take out the name afro
cat this motherf@ker like it's a raw dish
Now they relax our hair they might as well call
(well, what's on the menu?) seafood b@ch!
us Toba
suck on my p@y like a fresh ripe mango
See afro and black are African
and drink it down like a g@dam whino
While thief is American
I take my legs wrap it around ya head
So how can Afro American make sense
suffocating this b@rd till he's almost dead
Your ancestors come from Africa by selling
don't give a f@k cause I'm tryin to get off
them
homeboy himself wasn't taking a loss
Now you're born in America
when I looked down he had his hand on his
So the black man is homeless even though he
d@k
pays rent
I could not believe he was masturbating and
So black people say we built this place
s@t
Well, let me make this little topic known
what a date (what a date) top rate (top rate)
like frosted flakes (like frosted flakes)
The Japanese also built this place
It tastes great! (It tastes great!)
And technically they are winning the race
My p@y was goopin like cottage cheese
But at the end of the day
his mouth was drippin as he stood to his feet
The Japanese go home
Do you see the point I'm getting at
now the mother f@er want to bust a n@t
I'm not a racist. I'm stating the facts
what do you tell em (ain't no such luck)
Blacks are actually prisoners of war
I got my s@t off and now I'm done
Cause while South Africa continues to fight
so git your funky a@ up and out my son
We try our best to live more and more white
he started dissin cause he had to leave
Proof that the blacks have been stripped to
he said I@k you b@ch and your hair weave
their core
Well I guess I did sing or dance enough for
black radio to play this stuff
But this ain't stuff like Ice cream with a sugar
cone
"Homeless"
I'm only here to state one fact. Wake up
by KRS-1 of Boogle Down Productions
African. Your color black
You can call a man a bum
And every black man is homeless cause he
With disgust on your morning run
ain't got no home
'Cause he lives outside on the street and you
don't notice
But you fail to realize the one you so despise
reflects yourself
Because every black man is homeless
You can take your Alka Seltzers while you talk
about shelter
You might even want to talk about loan
Cause no matter how rich you become, you'll
always be two not one
'Cause believe it or not America ain't your
home
We've been taught to say our name Afro Ameri-
SISTER2SISTER NOVEMBER 1990 29
MORE RAP LYRICS FROM SISTER2SISTER MAGAZINE
Cult to crucify the Intelligent black man
Chorus:
Honor Is African to die as a dweller
Reach out to teach like Nelson Mandela
Just becuz your hair ain't real,
Power for all my people
Don't think that 1 don't know the deal
The rebels back and the brothers are equal
And Just becuz your eyes ain't real,
So Icts unite so we can all resist him
Don't think that I don't know the deal
Black the shade of the solar system
With Freedom of speech I'll scream It loud
Spend my fOkin money,
Proud to bc black cause black I'm proud
Invest my fOkin time
And hoh you want to front on me.
Chorus:
I took you on a date
Spent $100 a plate,
I'm living this race like a marathon
And now I want some pDs boh
And I'm going out like Farakahn
You yellin date rape
But he's not out, cause the brother's all in
You fake hair wearin' bohes,
The black man was here from the day it began
Ya'll know you ain't scr.
Beware the curse seed is out there
You should be takin a quick, slick lick
Tragedy will live for a light year
On Mr. Marquis' big black d©k.
As long as we fight and go all out for each other
Black will be the color of my brothers
Now stars get happy
Find your ancestors and what they did
When you walk Into the place
Cause Intelligent blacks built pyramids
Becuz they know that on that night
Seek and obtain you'll find descriptions
They'll come all In your face
Pyramids were built by Egyptians
Walkin around the party
And put on plantations to work the fastest
With your drawers up In your aOs
Mothers and sisters raped by slave masters
Trying to front on me
Gamed by the devil and swift talkers
Like you got some 10kin class
And to this day my brothers are sleepwalkers
The way you carry yourself
Tricked by the devil to feel Inferior
It's a motheri©kin shame
In all reality my people are superior
You give all the whores In the world
A bad (Okin name
Freedom of speech 1 scream it loud
Mis High and Mighty,
Proud to be black cause black I,m proud
That's who you think you are
Come on and suck my dok. boh
Chorus:
You know I'm a star.
From the freedom fighter, here to keep fighting
Illustrating an issue on a government Item
Africa is In need but the government's steppin
Collecting taxes for testing weapons
You can stand by the rebel cause I know It's gonna'
BLACK AND PROUD
A better way another way I'm proud to say
by Intelligent Hoodlum
Black is dominant and here to stay
But for this day 1 cannot wait
Chorus:
To see who will win over love and hate
Use your brain don't kill It with base
Black I'm proud
A mind is a terrible thing to waste
I'm black and I'm proud
Hannibal conquered Europe on elephants
Can't stop the bum rush
Another black man of intelligence
We grow with a black complex
Blessed with a talented format
But we should be encouraged by Malcolm X
I'm kicking the earth like a doormat
With freedom of speech he spoke It loud
The more 1 grow the more I understand
No sell out. no sell out
And I don't really care about a grafted man
Proud to be black cause
Cause he wants to mold me shape and carve me
Black he was proud
But I use my mind like Marcus Garvey
Dr. King was a man with a new faith
They got rid of him. that was the last date
Klu Is Klux the man of a Klan
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I'm a call you a bitch or a dirty-ass ho
CHAIR
You probably get mad like bitch is supposed to
Hon. C. Delores Tucker
So what about the bitch who got shot?
F her
CHAIR EMERITUS
Hon. Shirley Chishoim
You think I give a damn about a bitch
"Straight Outta Compton," N.W.A.
FIRST VICE CHAIR
Rev. Willie Barrow
SECOND VICE CHAIR
Bitch I just wanna f you and cut
Deborah Lewis
Treat ya like a trammpy slut.
THIRD VICE CHAIR
"Hoes," Too Short
Nicole McPherson
RECORDING SECRETARY
Rev. Dorothy J. Josey
Her body's beautiful so I'm thinkin' rape
Shouldn't have had her curtains open so that's her
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
fate
Tahiya R. Nyahuma
Slit her throat and watched her shake
TREASURER
"Mind of a Lunatic" The Geto Boys
Rev. Gloria E. Miller
GENERAL COUNSEL
Maxine Bethel Cade, Esq.
Cause we're like the outlaws stridin' while suckers are
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
hidin'. Jump behind the bush when you see me drivin' by!
Glinda Anderson
Hanging out the window with my magnum taking out some
Kimberly Bell
Cynthia Booth
putos. Acting kind of loco, I'm just another local kid
Vivian Caver
From the street getting paid for my vocals.
Cynthia Downs
"How I Could Just Kill A Man" Cypress Hill
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National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.
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JEWELL JACKSON McCABE
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PRESIDENT
FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION COVER
VELMA MONTEIRO-TRIBBLE
FIRST VICL-PRESIDENT
SINA REID
SECONDICE-PRESIDENT
HATTIE DORSEY-HUDSON
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SECRETARY
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IRIS A. DANCE
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
PATRICIA F.. GIBSON
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DATE: January 6,1994
BETTY TUNSTALL
PARLIAMENTARIAN
coming To
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INSTORIAN
TO:
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National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.
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JEWELL JACKSON McCABI
CHAIR
TO:
NAACP Board of Directors
BARBARA DEBAPTISTE
PRESIDENT
VELMA MONTEIRO-TRIBBLE
FROM:
Jewell Jackson McCabe
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
SINA REID
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT
HATTIE DORSEY-HHUDSON
DATE:
January 6, 1994
THIRD VK I'Ki SIDENT
VIVIAN G. SALLIE
SECRETARY
IRIS A. DANCE
SUBJECT: Tupac Shakur
FINANCIAL SLCRI LARY
PATRICIA E. GIBSON
TREASI NIR
BUTTY TUNSTALL
PARLIAMENTARIAN
It is an insult to African Americans and an act of contempt
YVONNE BRATHWAITL BURNL. Use
11-GAI COUNSET
against African American women that rapper Tupac Shakur has
BI VERLY GUY-SHI FIALT
HISTORIAN
been nominated for an NAACP Image Award. We cannot let
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
our empathy for the plight of the underclass, who are
MAYA ANGELOU. Ph.D.
disproportionately Black in America, blind us to our
NORTH AROLINA
IA BANKS
responsibility as civil human beings in a free and democratic
PENNSYLVANIA
MARGARET BARRON
society.
one
MARVA SMITH BATTLE-BLY
CALIFORNIA
VERNA BENNETT
VIRGINIA
Shakur's alleged actions of sexism and brutality against Black
VELMA BLACKWI 11. Ph.D.
MARAMA
girls and women suggest serious personal problems. It appears
JOHNNETTA B. COLF. Ph.D.
GEORGIA
that Shakur is disturbed and in need of counseling and
CAROLYN FAGLIN. Esq.
VIRGINIA
supervision. The NAACP should be acting on its historic
THELMA EATON, Ph.D.
CALIFORNIA
tradition of helping African Americans--not encouraging such
ANNL (). LMERY. Ph.D.
MARYLAND
behavior. As in the past, it should serve as a responsible and
LEAH QUI, HARRIS. Ph.D.
caring institutional role model.
GEORGIA
JANET HAYNES
NEW JURSEY
CAROLYN GOLDEN HEBSGAARD
MASSACHUSETTS
JOYCE LADNER, Ph.D.
Reverend Chavis, the executive director of the NAACP, should
WASHINGTON, D.C.
LYDIA MALLETT. Ph.D.
seriously consider the ramifications of his support of Shakur.
ILLINOIS
MARH McDEMMOND
He should ask himself whether he wants to jeopardize his own
FLORIDA
leadership and destroy the credibility of the NAACP, the
YVONNE 1. MOORL
DEXAS
nation's most prestigious civil rights organization, by projecting
ZENOBIA 1. PEOPLES, Esq.
VIRGINIA
this young man as a model for our community. Regardless of
BEV SMITH
MARYLAND
whether or not Shakur is innocent or guilty, the NAACP, by
RITA C. STOTTS, Erg.
HUNNESSEE
supporting the award nomination of Tupac Shakur, will be
ELYNOR A. WILLIAMS
RELINOIS
endorsing a glamorized image that is inextricably linked to
violence toward women.
SHIRLEY L. POOLE
EXECUTIVE DIRI CTOR
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His reputation precedes him: In the summer of 1992, Shakur allegedly slapped a woman
when she asked for his autograph. And his arrest on November 19, 1993, in Manhattan on
charges of sexual assault came just three weeks after he was booked in Atlanta for allegedly
shooting and wounding two off-duty policemen during a traffic dispute and just two months
after he was convicted of carrying a .45 caliber handgun in his car, for which he received two
years' probation.
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women applauds the leadership of C. Delores Tucker
for bringing this issue to the attention of the American people. However, we are shocked
and saddened by the deafening silence of our male colleagues in the Black Leadership
Forum. We are certain that had the rapper been White, they all would have been on their
chargers racing for the protection of the Black damsel-in-distress. With Shakur's consistently
abysmal record, it is curious that our Black male leaders have once again become apologists
for inexcusable misogynistic behavior.
As the chair of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women and as a former candidate for
the position of NAACP executive director, I, as well as other members of the National
Coalition, look to you to take immediate action to restore the faith and interest of African
American women in the leadership of the NAACP.
cc:
Congressional Black Caucus
Anita Hill
Alexis Herman
C. Delores Tucker
The Reverend Jessie Jackson
The Reverend AI Sharpton
The Reverend Dr. Calvin Butts
Black Leadership Forum
12-23-1993 02:42PM
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can-American WORKS and checra who
ly the they are a larget of averzeal-
12-15-93 ST.Louis Post
Post-Dispete Weshington Bureau
are concerned about the messages in
ous people who want to censor fic-
WASHINGTON - With a 16-
this musle," sold Ceoffrey T. Clbba.
Uonal story telling in their songs.
year-old son at home, Sen Carol Mo-
stall lawyer for Moseley-Braun.
But the National Political Congress
scler-Deaug bas worried about lyrks
Mosieley-Urau is a member of the
of Black Women and several organi-
In rap music. Soen, she may have a
Judiciary Committee. She plans to
fations Insist that gengsla rap glorF
chance to question articls about
epansor the hearing as part of that
fice violonce, guns, drugs and the
those words.
committee's JuvenBo Justice subcom-
abuse of women. Members of the
Moscley-Braun, D-III, is planning
mittee, Gibbs sald.
group plan to hold a acws conference
to hold a hearing early next year In
The hearing will look al lyrics In
on Friday to criticial's new recording
Washington on the violence and and-
heavy-metal music as well R8 rap.
by Snoop Doggy Dugg.
women themes In modern music, par-
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no plan for legistation but hopes that
the cycle of low nelf-estecin that
firened Tuesday.
musicians and record-industry offi-
plagues too many of our African-
"We have had a great deal of con-
clals will make changes themselves.
American youth." said C. DeLores
cessi expressed to this office by Afri-
Rap artists have contended recent-
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SUBCOMMENTER:
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LEGISLATION AND
CHAIRWOMAN:
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COMMERCE. CONSUMER PROTECTION.
AND COMPETITIVENESS
House of Representatives
OVERSIGHT AND
INVESTIGATIONS
CARDISS COLLINS
7TH DISTRICT, ILLINOIS
December 6, 1993
Dr. C. Delores Tucker
Chair and Convening Founder
NPCBW
600 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Suite 1125
Washington, D.C. 20037
Dear Dr. Tucker:
Thank you for your letter of October 12, 1993 expressing
your interest in hearings on misogynist and negative rap lyrics
and their effect on the African American Community. As you know,
I share your concern that these lyrics may induce our youth to
treat women and girls improperly. I, like you, am also concerned
that they may promote unnecessary and irrational violence in our
community.
I have instructed my staff and the staff of the Energy and
Commerce Committee to investigate whether these subjects would
appropriately fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee on
Commerce Consumer Protection and Competitiveness, which I Chair,
or some other subcommittee.
Whatever the determination of the Committee, I am very
pleased to hear that the National Political Congress of Black
Women has decided to act on this issue. I hope that your actions
and that of the impressive group which you have assembled to work
on this subject are successful in improving the treatment of
women, particularly African American women.
Thank you again for your letter.
Sincerely,
Cardias Colline
CARDISS COLLINS
Member of Congress
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