Hooks and McIntosh

I watched Hooks part 8 about rap music, and I agreed with a lot of what she had to say. I too think that the more obscene the rap music video is, the more attention it receives. Bell also says something about the controversy over rap music and how people think it should be more ethical and moral. She contradicts this by saying that it should be looked at in a larger frame. Bell talks about cultural production and capitalism, and how rap music, being different from multi national corporations, it is still receiving a lot of wealth. I agree with her statement that says the rap industry is right in line with these corporations, and that if it is getting a large amount of profit/reward, one should push that product, whether the people making it agree with what they are doing or not. I also viewed part 5 about Madonna. In it, Bell Hooks states that she does not necessarily think that in Madonna's real life, she commits to any of the sexist images that she is quite willing to reproduce for a profit. However, she uses that trick to make more money even though she is very wealthy. She goes on to talk about how she should not have to degrade herself on this level to earn money. I somewhat agree with what she is saying, like I understand where she is coming from, but Madonna and the rap artists might live their lives out in this matter. It is quite possible that their "stage lives" have a major impact on how they go about life. As for McIntosh's article, when she states, "I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not to recognize male privilege," I have to disagree. I'm not white, but I do not think that whites are "carefully taught" not to recognize white privilege. I think they just simply do not put an effort into noticing it. I also think that her list of the daily effects of white privilege are very far fetched, and offensive. I would understand that she makes the list to make a point that white privilege is invisible, but I do not think that it all has to do with white privilege.