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Maya Angelou on Censorship in Wake of the Imus Affair



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In the wake of the Imus affair, MSNBC is airing an all-day discussion on the theme "What's OK to say?" Poet Maya Angelou appeared at 11:05 AM EDT, and in the course of her interview with MSNBC's Peter Alexander, had this exchange:
ALEXANDER: Dr. Angelou, you're an author and an artist. I guess the question is, is there a need for more censorship of our media and of our arts, are you comfortable with that? And if that happens, when does it end? What is OK to say?
ANGELOU: Exactly. I agree with that. I think the society decides upon the censorship. Each person censors himself or herself. Do you think, if any of these hip-hoppers, if they said about Mrs. Bush what they say about black women, do you think they would be given a microphone? Do you really think so? So we have to censor ourselves. And then, the society makes that decision.


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Array ( 1 year ago by sadaharuo)
Yay censorship!!!
Thanks "Doctor"!
Huh? ( 1 year ago by aprilwinchell)
Huh?
I love Maya Angelou ... ( 1 year ago by UyFrankito)
I love Maya Angelou but I'm not sure she was all there for this interview... How old is she?
Go to Black womens ... ( 1 year ago by gracebelieverz)
Go to Black womens youtube videos and u will find that u r not allowed to comment, they want censorship because they can't handle rebuttal of any kind. Us Black men have more to say about them than Imus ever could. they man-bash all day but stoop to censorship? go to blacktown(.)net for a Black male perspective on the frenzied women of color
you when you are of ... ( 1 year ago by Lego0ma4n)
you when you are of color.you are being censor from birth.
Laura Bush isnt ... ( 1 year ago by gracebelieverz)
Laura Bush isnt dancin around in a thong makin her butt cheeks clap so she exempts herself from this
discourse Miss angelou!! These skanky Black whores
have the highest HIV/AIDS in America and are so immoral they are the last choice of all men the most REJECTED WOMEN ON EARTH!!!!! Black women don't respect themselves so rappers are just telling it like it is!!!!
Black women have ... ( 1 year ago by gracebelieverz)
Black women have disproportionate std's among all women showing they are promiscuous, lowdown and dirty,
but want to hide behind gov't censorship preventing
decent men from calling a WHORE A WHORE!!!!!!!!!
If Black women would invest time in loving and raising their sons, males would respect them dont u think? U go Gurl aint workin chile
WOW! After reading ... ( 1 year ago by cuntysasha)
WOW! After reading ur post i really feel sorry for u! DO u really believe what u wrote? THis is why we as human will never get past the issues of race and sexism!
The censorship I am ... ( 1 year ago by gracebelieverz)
The censorship I am reffering to is Black womens (and women in general in America) being able to call men all kinds of names anytime on tv and networks not allowing men to say what THEY really think and feel, that doesn't work on youtube Black womens aids
gets the attention it deserves. A WHORE is called a whore, like it or not!
The black community ... ( 1 year ago by bloody)
The black community destroyed itself, and now they are getting paid to destroy it. These money hungry bastards really think that they will be safe with their checks from the corporations. After they are gone, there will be even less wealthy african americans because of the nature they endorse.
By the way, black ... ( 1 year ago by bloody)
By the way, black women are equally as guilty of destroying their image. All you have to do is search "booty" in the searchbar, and you'll find plenty of 15 year old black girls making a mockery of themselves, and they are TAUGHT to do that by their own culture.
The funny thing is ... ( 1 year ago by Sempuukyaku)
The funny thing is that most of these insidiously racist remarks here...are all probably coming from Ron Paul supporters. Sad really.
The black community ... ( 1 year ago by Nanger2008)
The black community destroyed itself, no matter how much we've tried to blame the white man, we made it ok for a 10 or 12 year old to disrespect women or become a thug or a gangsta, and now we call that our culture.. the long lived black culture is long gone and now we're faced with garbage...this so called "hip hop culture" is destroying this new generation... What happened to Martin Luther King's message?..
oh boy, now ya did ... ( 6 months ago by wazzzup60)
oh boy, now ya did it . mama Maya is in it now. Good God,there will always be racist in any matter,women,gays,homeless etc.why do blacks always think it's about them? you people have come along way be proud of it. If the ones left behind are still not upgraded by now thats on them.Some blacks put them selves down if you don't like it teach them different.people set their own profile.



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