Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes provides a riveting examination of manhood, sexism, and homophobia in hip-hop culture. Director Byron Hurt, former star college quarterback, longtime hip-hop fan, and gender violence prevention educator, conceived the documentary as a "loving critique" of a number of disturbing trends in the world of rap music. He pays tribute to hip-hop while challenging the rap music industry to take responsibility for Glamorizing destructive, deeply conservative stereotypes of manhood. Link:http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaRaceAndRepresentati on/HipHopBeyondBeatsAndRhymes The documentary features revealing interviews about masculinity and sexism with rappers such as Mos Def, Fat Joe, Chuck D, Jadakiss, and Busta Rhymes, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, and cultural commentators such as Michael Eric Dyson and Beverly Guy-Shetfall. Critically acclaimed for its fearless engagement with issues of race, gender violence, and the corporate exploitation of youth culture.

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Bernard Chapin here with Volume 47 of Chapin's Inferno called “Should Women Rule?” If you need to get a hold of me I’m at veritaseducation@gmail.com.

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Bernard Chapin here with Volume 21 of Chapin's Inferno called “Feminist Fantasies.” If you need to get a hold of me I’m at veritaseducation@gmail.com. Thanks for watching.

Reality Interviews look at Racism v. Sexism within the news related to the Democratic Presidential Candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama

This award-winning documentary links everyday black men from various socioeconomic backgrounds with some of Black America's most progressive academics, social critics and authors to provide an engaging, candid dialogue on black masculine identity in American culture. Featuring interviews with bell hooks, Michael Eric Dyson, John Henrick Clarke, Dr. Alvin Poussaint, MC Hammer, and others. I think all children ought to be taught to think for themselves and that all ought to learn to be themselves and not be brained wash by the media or by others on who they should be. All should learn to lead. Link: http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaGenderAndDiversity /IAmAMan

Armchair Revolutionary is a spoken word poetry crowd favorite. Kamal spits poetic fire as he chastises those people with big mouths who are all talk and no action. The type of people that you try to duck in the supermarket, the mall or at work etc... As well as that person that is always talking about social issues and the revolution but never doing anything. The skit in the beginning starts off with Kamal, moderator "Brian Bumble" and the Armchair Revolutionary "Lumumba Castro Convertible Zulu Shabazz etc...attempting to have a debate until Kamal can't take it anymore. Then he starts blasting fiery spoken word poetry with humor, sarcasm and ridicule! The poetry is set over African drums in the background. For more on Kamal go to http://www.myspace.com/kamalsupreme His CD "The Mic is Calling Me can be purchased at http://cdbaby.com/cd/kamalimani

Recent events remind us that racism remains rampant. How can it end? Only understanding and education can end racism. People must realise that God created all humans from one couple. The entire human race is therefore one large extended family. God says: "O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord who created you from a single soul and from its mate; and from the two of them He spread abroad a multitude of men and women" [Al-Qur'an 4:1] "O mankind! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that you may know each other. The noblest of you, in the sight of Allah(1), is the best in conduct" [Al-Qur'an 49:13] The noblest is the best in conduct. Such persons may belong to any race or country. What really matters is their conduct and behaviour. This is why the prophet Muhammad(p)(2) in a public address said that the Arabs are not superior to the non-Arabs, and one colour is not superior to another. He also said that people should obey their leader even if he is a black person. Furthermore, we must understand that no race is superior to another. When we see a garden with many different flowers we appreciate the beauty of the entire arrangement. We have nothing against the colour of any flower because each contributes something to the beauty of the garden.In a similar way we may see the world as a garden decorated with people of different colours. Let us appreciate that each variety of people contributes something to the spice of life in this world. As a result of following these teachings, many people are able to end racism in their thoughts and actions. You can still see racial harmony today in the mosques of cosmopolitan cities. There you will find people of various colours worshipping together, all with equal status before God. Rich or poor, black or white, king or pauper all line up side by side to worship. No special consideration is given to anyone based on colour or social status. In many mosques the leader is black and the followers white. There is no such concept as a "black mosque" or "white mosque." Islam removes such destructive concepts. Footnotes 1 Allah is the name of God used by Arabic-Speaking Christians and Jews, and by Muslims of every language. 2 May peace, and the blessings of Allah, be on His messengers Muhammad, Jesus, Moses and others.

Don Imus and his crew have a long history of making idiotic racist, sexist, homophobic remarks. It’s more than just the word “nappy”. I think the reason that it’s making such a “big splash” in the news, because the public is turning on these hate mongers, these racists who have radio and TV shows and spew their venom daily, poisoning the national dialogue. Don Imus’s big mouth isn’t the end of the world and those young women on the Rutgers basketball will be just fine I’m sure, but Imus is simply the first to infuriate sponsors and the public alike. This is against a background of Ann Coulter’s hateful statements, (Calling John Edwards and Al Gore, “Faggots”, saying Clinton is a “Total Fag”, saying the 9/11 widows never had it so good, etc., etc.,) Rush Limbaugh, (calling woman who want equal rights and are not content to work for less pay than a man FemiNAZI’s, making fun of Michael J Fox’s Parkinson’s disease, calling Democrats, “Dope-Smokin’ Maggot-Infested hippies) or Michael Savage (who calls all Muslims, “Dirty Fithy Ragheads” etc.) It’s national news because all the closet “haters” out there like Shawn Hannity, Glen Beck and Neil Bortz are all looking over their shoulders now. They’re wondering if “they” might be next. The dirty little secret is Don Imus isn’t the “first or the worst.” I don’t want to live in a country that is so politically correct that we’re all walking on eggshells around each other, but neither do I want to live in a country where these racists and misogynists can instigate hatred and resentment amongst conservative white men. We passed the Civil Rights Amendment in the 60’s and most people took a long hard look at themselves and made a conscious effort to rid their hearts of racism, which infuriated the racists who still wanted to, or couldn’t stop; hating. Then in the late 70’s, with the rise of Ronald Reagan’s brand of conservatism, there was a backlash against the Civil Rights Movement and political correctness. Single black mothers were vilified by the Reaganites as “Welfare Queens”, Rush Limbaugh started making fun of the homeless, and people like Pat Buchanon started throwing around incendiary terms like “Culture War”. Cut to today with Fox News simply “making stuff up” and becoming an extension of the Republican Party. This story is “National News”, right now, it serves the purposes of the Bush WhiteHouse. It takes the spotlight off of the WhiteHouse scandals, the Iraq war, War Profiteering, our nation spiraling into debt, Global Warming etc., etc. It’s the perfect storm, if you will.

My final thoughts on Don Imus, my profanity policy for the comments section of my videos, and a plea for an end to racism in the United States of America.

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Bernard Chapin here with Volume 22 of Chapin's Inferno called “Submissives for Hillary.” If you need to get a hold of me I’m at veritaseducation@gmail.com. Thanks for watching and here’s the article I reference: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/weekinreview/16zern.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

It gives voice and expression to a disturbing daily aspect of being a woman in this society. It also gives men a direct personal feeling for what harassing behavior looks and feels like to a woman. Young men who may think such behavior is cool or funny will be forced to rethink their assumptions. DVD Link: http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaGenderAndDiversity/WarZone War Zone is a classroom, documentary edition of Maggie Hadleigh-West's first film by the same title. Her film has been screened and applauded at scores of festivals in the U.S. and abroad. She has appeared to discuss the film on the Today Show, CBS News, 20/20, BBC, NPR, CNN, and Eye to Eye with Connie Chung. Maggie Hadleigh-West received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in Visual Communications from George Washington University and a Master of Fine Arts with a Merit Award from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Hadleigh-West skillfully explores Personal Experience to transform artwork into political action. At the core of Hadleigh-Wests work is a struggle against sexism, Racism and Homophobia. She has appeared on numerous national and International Television and Radio programs to talk about Street Abuse, including ABC's News Magazine show 20/20, The Today Show, CBS News, Eye to Eye with Connie Chung, BBC, NPR, and CNN. She speaks professionally about Street Abuse on the academic circuit, and publishes regularly in national magazines.