Pimps Up, Ho's Down
- Document number
- 1598
- Date
- 1999
- Title
- Pimps Up, Ho's Down
- Author/publisher
- Brent Owens
- Availability
- LSI library
- Document type(s)
- Multimedia,
- Keywords
- Documentary, Sexual exploitation, the United States, Women's rights; Women; Control and regulation of prostitution, Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution, Prostitution; Sex work; Clients, Abolitionism; New Abolitionism; Prohibitionism; Regulationism,
- Summary
- "Pimps Up, Ho's Down provides a vital critical assessment of the sexual exploitation of women and girls all too prevalent in hip hop culture and in our larger society. It offers an in-depth look at hip hop’s effect on young black women. Sharpley-Whiting discusses topics such as light-skinned black (or ethnically ambiguous) females getting more love in hip hop videos, unreported sexual abuse within black communities — even the fact that most hip hop groupies do not consider themselves groupies. She successfully ties these trends into the mainstream hip hop culture of today. Pimps Up, Ho’s Down provides an intellectual look at how hip hop views and affects the young black women of this generation, most who are oblivious to what is actually going on. Sharpley-Whiting’s uncommon perspective is one that deserves to be examined more often. Originally aired on HBO's America Undercover, this version includes over 30 minutes of additional footage. Available at: Amazon.com, Official website: http://www.pimpsup.com/
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