Thursday, March 1, 2012

International Love

I am recently appalled by Pitbull's and Chris Brown's song, "International Love." For instance:
"I've been to countries and cities I can't pronounce
And the places on the globe I didn't know existed
In Romania she pulled me to the side and told me Pit you can have me and my sister
In Lebanon yeah the women are bomb
And in Greece you've guessed it the women they sweet"
and
"Down in DR they're looking for visa's
I ain't talking credit cards if you know what I mean"
and then the ending:
"Ooo-oo-ohhh (we're international, so international)
Ooo-oo-ohhh (international, so international)
Ooo-oo-ohhh (we're international, so international)"
This song mixes a really unhealthy attitude about women ("they are only bodies" and "I want them all right now," among other things) with international condescension ("I will come to your country and sleep with and then insult your women and your country"). It's sexual colonialism.

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