The key point in this discussion is to break out of binaries and totalized identities. That is, for example, David Banner shouldn't get a pass on his sexist rhetoric because he is racially conscious or critical towards class inequalities in certain lyrics and practices. Race does not trump sexual or gendered identities when it comes to human equality. Furthermore, the idea that women promote or "ask for" sexist harassment and abuse when they explore and perform their basic human right to sexuality is outmoded. Sexism will not end in Hiphop if women "put more clothes on" and it is sexist to totalize the idea of sexism into "women without clothes" or to put unrealistic binaries on women's behavior, otherwise known as the "queen" vs. "ho" dichotomy.
The def professor was one week away form her due date when this was taped-- so that is a cameo from her son Xola in the video :)
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