31Aug/02Off
Presence Of Malice
The BBC has apologised for posting the lyrics of homophobic (in some cases violently so) songs on the Radio 1 website as part of the promotion for BBC TWO's History of Reggae series. I know it's an old parallel to draw, but if a lyric advocated beating up or setting fire to women, or black people, or Jews I'd dead certain there would never has been an instant's consideration of publishing it. Why on earth is anti-gay violence just somehow accepted as a legitimate part of reggae and rap culture?