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J Balvin apologizes after music video depicted him walking Black women on leashes
J Balvin apologized earlier this week for a music video that featured Black people whose facial features were altered to make them look like dogs, including two Black women who were depicted as being walked on a leash by the reggaeton star.
Critics of the Perra video include the vice president of Balvins native Colombia who co-signed an open letter that the songs lyrics, and video feature misogynistic expressions that violate the rights of women and the singers own mother, who told a Colombian news program that the video prompted her to call her son to ask Where is the Josésito that I know?
J Balvin has been criticized for his Perra music video. Even the reggaeton star's mother asks: Where is the Josésito that I know?
The music video is the latest controversy for the Mi Gente singer, who has been criticized throughout his career for culturally appropriating from Black artists and making tone-deaf statements about race. Amid widespread protests over racial justice last year, Balvin was slammed for posting a video of him dancing with a Black woman alongside the Black Lives Matter hashtag. (He later pledged to do better.) But the outcry over Perra which features rising Afro-Dominican rapper Tokischa also highlights long-standing issues in the genre that made Balvin a pop star.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/j-balvin-apologizes-after-music-video-depicted-him-walking-black-women-on-leashes/ar-AAQ4eaI?ocid=msedgntp
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janterry
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He didn't create that in a vacuum. Lots of people participated in that and thought it was okay.
The more we devalue women - the worse it gets. And it's getting worse all over.
PrincessMorgan
(61 posts)lots of black and white males disrespect black women thats why we have such high femicide rates. It is what it is.
PrincessMorgan
(61 posts)But too many women participate in that