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Protesting Demeaning Images in Media

Date: November 5, 2007

Author: Felicia Renita Lee

QUOTE: The rallies are taking place as civil rights leaders, cultural critics and others use the moment to debate how to represent the diversity of black life while minimizing offensive words and images. A big issue is the distinction between standards and censorship. Some charge that what Enough Is Enough does is censorship.

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Key People:

• Prof. Todd Boyd Ph.D.

Key Organizations:

• Enough Is Enough (EIE)
• Hip Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN)
• NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
• National Congress of Black Women (NCBW)
• New York Times Company

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Media & Journalism
  • Advertising: General
    • Advertising: Intrusiveness/Taste
  • Media Industry Issues
    • Movies/Video
    • Music Industry
    • Publishing Industry: Newspapers / Magazines / Journals
    • Television/TV/Cable Industry/Radio
  • Sexual Content in Media
  • Violent Content in Media

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Multi-Cultural/Minority Issues
    • Ethnic Groups
      • African-Americans/Blacks
  • Social Movements / Organizing / Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
    • Public Pressure (Citizens/Activists)
  • Women-Men Issues

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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