by Thee Urban Sophisticate
I woke up this morning and made my rounds around the hip-hop blog sites and after reading about the genius of this secret Wu Tang album, I stumbled upon a video blog by rapper 2 Chainz titled “#IsThisYourThot.”
If you haven’t seen it already, the video shows a young woman attempting to get backstage, eventually making her way to the backstage area trying to meet/hook up with one of the men in the rapper’s posse. 2 Chainz proceeds to embarrass the woman, asking several men in the backstage area “Is this your thot”? (THOT = That Hοe Over There). Once the guy she’s looking for comes out of the room, 2 Chainz asks her to spin around so they can look at her ASSets. She’s unaware at first that they are recording her but once she finds out she begins to try to make herself look cute and then gives viewers her Instagram information and asks them to follow her. The video ends with her mispronouncing the name of 2 Chainz’ opening act August Alsina, and then being kicked out of the backstage area as they laugh at her.
The whole video made me uncomfortable. It was sad to see a young woman putting herself in that position but what was more saddening was the way she was treated by the men and the comments left on the blogs. For some reason, many are under the belief that a woman shouldn’t be respected if she’s doing something that is deemed disrespectful to herself. I think that belief is total BULLSHΙT. Women should be respected regardless of what they do.
These men could have handled this situation in so many different ways. How about thanking the young lady for attending the show, giving her an autograph, taking a picture with her, and informing her that she’d have to leave because the area was reserved for a select few? Calling her a “THOT” and attempting to embarrass her and record it for millions to see is flat out cruel.
Gentlemen have the responsibility to empower women, especially when put in these circumstances. So whether you come across a prοstitute, a stripper, a crack addict, a woman with multiple babies daddies, or any other type of woman who men find to be “less than,” it is important to show them the same respect you would show an Oprah or Michelle Obama. We should love and respect women so much that we check other men who don’t.
This was an opportunity missed by 2 Chainz and his crew to show that hip-hop can respect women. It was an opportunity missed to show this young lady that she is much more valuable than she is letting on. When we see women behaving this way, or see women who may be going through distress of any kind, it’s then when our love and respect for them is needed the most. Too often we see men perform such dereliction of duty.
So while everyone was laughing in the video and on the blog sites, there is absolutely nothing funny here. 2Chainz asked #WhoThotIsThis, I’m asking, #WhereAreTheGentlemen?
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