Comments on: Worth a Click

By: Wendi

Wendi — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:16:08 +0000

I think this is crap that you Dis Akon for this, She is the lil tramp that went into the night club that night and she is the one that went up on the stage herself!!! looks like she knew what she was doing! why is it that he’s flat on his back why she is moving from one position to another? She is all at fault she never should have went to that club in the first place watch the clips and see how she gets up there and starts rubbing herself against him. the night club should be doing there job she had no business being there!!!!

By: mike

mike — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:25:00 +0000

The little girl lied to her parents and went to a club. She shouldn’t have gotten into the club because she is not 18. She shouldn’t have gotten into the vip section where the dance contest was held because you have to be 21. Now think to yourself, your in the club having a good time dancing are you really thinking hhmm I wonder if this is just a little girl who smooth talked her way into the club. NO!! especially when she’s dancing like that. She looks like she knows what she’s doing. Akon is not to blame, if you want to blame someone blame her, her parents, maybe the bouncer at the club, the security of the vip section maybe? Point is she shouldnt have been there, she knew that, Akon didn’t

By: Global Voices Online » Trinidad & Tobago: Akon Controversy Continues

Global Voices Online » Trinidad & Tobago: Akon Controversy Continues — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:36:07 +0000

[...] Afrobella is also disturbed by the racial implications: “So then this Akon thing happens, and I canâ€™t look away from the comments pages. And I find the same ignorant beliefs being spouted again and again. ‘This is a part of Caribbean culture, get over it.’ ‘Thatâ€™s how they dance in Trini.’ ‘Those Caribbean girls get down like that.’ And all of the old school disses delivered to dark skinned people that you might expect…Yes, scandalous dancing is celebrated throughout the Caribbean, all you need to do is do a You Tube search for ‘dutty wine’ or ‘dancehall queen’ to find an array of NSFW videos of women getting down on all fours to degrade themselves. But Akon took it to a whole â€˜nother level.” [...]

By: designdiva

designdiva — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:23:03 +0000

I forgot to mention what else bothered me about the video: afterwards he got up, walked off like she wasn’t ISH! And didn’t even look back. We women have got to stop letting men look at us and treat us as sexual objects and “just something to do”.

By: designdiva

designdiva — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:18:30 +0000

I must be getting old because I thought the whole performance was too explicit for words. I found it disturbing and it made me feel like some kind of pervert watching it. But from what I’ve seen of her pictures on mediatakeout and the video, she looks like she enjoys looking provacative and “sexy”. She’s a very pretty girl, but it’s so sad that she seems to be more focused on attracting men than gaining knowledge.

By: Mad Bull

Mad Bull — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:03:35 +0000

Nice that you gave links to sites with differing opinions. Big up for that.

By: Hali

Hali — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:30:06 +0000

After reading several comments on the perezhilton and dlisted websites I have decided to become more selective about the blogs I visit. I think the racist comments are caused by the combination of anonymity that web surfing provides and are also fueled by a constant pandering to negative stereotypes that are all too often embodied in the mainstream media. I’ve noticed that when celebrity bloggers try to feature black entertainers it is often in a negative or hyper-critical light which makes visitors feel more comfortable leaving degrading racist remarks. In the case of the Jennifer Hudson post I think it was almost too blatantly racist to be ignored. The best way to resolve this issue is for us to stop providing these columnists with the web traffic they need to keep going..hit ‘em where it hurts.

By: Eni's Girl

Eni's Girl — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:19:27 +0000

For all of us who are past (or well past) fourteen, think about who you were at that time. Did you always make the best decisions for yourself? Did you ever make a decision that you regretted? I mean really regretted and luckily it didn’t end up on YouTube. And you told your parents everything that you did? Everything?

I just can’t hold a fourteen child to an adult standard, regardless of how adult she looks. Like most teenage girls, she just discovering who she is (physically, mentally, etc.). Sometimes, bad decisions are made during this process and I think she realizes that now. She will recover from this incident and hopefully be a better person because of it.

But even it she had been twenty-four, that video is just disturbing. She was flung around like a piece of trash — like she wasn’t even human. Even if she was totally nude, I couldn’t find a good justification for Akon’s behavior. Not so much as a “thank you” at the end of it — unless it’s on a part of the video that we didn’t see. He didn’t help her up off the floor. He just walked away from her like she was the dirt on the bottom of his shoe.

I think this man should be held accountable for treating a woman in that manner. I really lost respect for him.

By: Teri

Teri — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:31:33 +0000

Ok, I finally got to watch the video and Afrobella, I agree with every single word you say! Even though the girl should not have been there and acting the way she did, she is still a little girl!! Who would want a grown man grinding on their little sister/ cousin/ daughter like that? And she was literally dragged across the floor and the stage like a ragdoll! That’s a little overboard don’t you think? It’s so sad that our society has reached this point where a 14 year old being sexually explicit AND a grown man taking advantage of it is A-ok!

By: Geija

Geija — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:16:44 +0000

Afrobella, I see where you’re coming from, but I just feel that you’re not placing enough blame on this girl and her family. You can’t say on one hand that today’s 14 year-olds are different, then say it isn’t fair to totally blame this girl. I’m still in my twenties so I’m not that far removed from the teenage years myself. I had a few wild experiences, but when my parents found out they disciplined me and didn’t point the finger elsewhere. At 14,15, and 16 I obviously knew right from wrong if I had to lie to my parents in the first place. It seems as if our generation and the ones coming after us live by the “NOT ME” code of ethics. Blame someone or something else, but “NOT ME”. Sure today’s kids are different, that’s definitely you need to keep your eyes on them.