There were calls in New York Monday for U.S. music and broadcast industries to voluntarily eliminate three racist and misogynistic words from their products.
In a joint statement, rap mogul Russell Simmons and Benjamin Chavis of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network said the group of business and community leaders is concerned about the growing outrage over the use of offensive words by both musical performers and on-air personalities. We recommend that the recording and broadcast industries voluntarily remove/bleep/delete the misogynistic words 'bitch' and 'ho' and the racially offensive word 'nigger,' they said. Going forward, these three words should be considered with the same objections to obscenity as 'extreme curse words.
' Our discussions are about the corporate social responsibility of the industry to voluntarily show respect to African-Americans and other people of color, African-American women and to all women in lyrics and images, they said. They recommended the formation of a Coalition on Broadcast Standards, comprised of executives from music, radio and television industries, to propose guidelines for lyric and visual standards. Finally, a recommendation said the recording industry should establish mentoring programs and forums to promote better understanding and positive change.
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