Dizzie Rascal on News Night
Of all the people to choose to discuss whether Barack Obama’s Presidential election could positively affect the chance of a black Prime Minister in Briton, whose idea was it to pick UK rapper Dizzie Rascal? Although try as he may I don’t think Dizzie Rascal is affluent or articulate enough in this area to discuss the issue at depth or convey his point of view fully. What I am sure of is, the producers of News Night definitely knew this was the case. And then for presenter Jeremy Paxman to suggest that Dizzie Rascal run for Prime Minister was a complete and utter joke, maybe illustrating that they themselves do no take this matter seriously and there in itself lye’s the problem. If a national broadcast show such as News Night does not take the issue seriously then how do we expect the British public to even consider the colossal change that took place on the 5th November in the United States to ever take place in Britain.
Dizzie Rascal was joined by Baroness Valerie Amos, the first black female cabinet minster and leader of House of Lords, who admitted she was “much more hopeful that it (a black PM) could happen, because a whole generation of young people here think its possible because of what happened in America.”
“Barack Obama has tapped into something which not just about America and it has become truly inspirational in terms of what our own young people think is possible”.
On one hand we have Baroness Amos saying that much must be done in terms of support for young black people to reach this goal, but on the other hand this is contradicted by the presence of Dizzie Rascal. In essence by inviting Dizzie Rascal onto News Night they are saying look at the young black people of Briton – unable to string together a coherent sentence – is this who we want to run our country.
Let Me Know What You think
This is a good article but the fact of Dizzie Rascal being Affuluent enough has no real relevance because in the bigger picture of a “POSSIBLE EVENT UNIFICATION” you need the vote of all people, black or otherwise Furthermore as the world is run by a minority of people, is there a majority affluent enough to challenge this minority?
This media and the media in general only focus on what they want the public to hear and see so the fact that Newsnight never included an artist which can properly articulate about this momentus occasion implies that they never wanted to hear the true oppinion from the young black people of Britain, just a watered down version of how black people feel.
but on a bigger picture the crowning of Barak Obama’s into the white house does give this nation hope of change “BUT NOT IN MY LIFE TIME”
LORD THUNDA 8241
November 27, 2008
I like the last sentence of your blog, I never
thought of it like that. But I do think Dizzee
made some good points and you don’t have to be
a Valerie Amos to make good points.
Dizzee picked up on things overlooked by the media;
Obama’s universal appeal due to his mixed
heritage, his acceptance of and in hip hop
culture – one of America’s most powerful
cultural forces and the fact that politicians
who come across as genuine are few and far
between.
I also think Dizzee responded well to
Paxman by being sarcastic himself; “i believe
political parties exist” and i was in stiches
when he said he might run for Prime Minister
himself.
I’ve never really liked Dizzee’s music but i’ve
learnt to respect him now. As a mixed heritage
person myself I was heartened to hear him say
that Obama is an automatic sign of unity. Thanks Dizzee!!!
Victor
December 25, 2008