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Just a quick note to let you know that Sharon Secor’s latest "Especially For Parents" column is now on our Web sites.
Oh, and did I mention it’s coming to your kids’ classroom? Sharon writes, “This pimpin’ is fun, pimpin’ is cool mentality comes directly from hip-hop culture, one of the most popular music genres among today’s youth. Many of the top rappers embrace the persona of the pimp, in addition to that of the pornographer, gangster, drug dealer, street thug and ex-con. … Despite the fact that hip-hop royalty is made up of people who, according to public record, have been convicted of or are currently charged with murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, assault, perjury, robbery and drug trafficking—as well as of pornographers and self-admitted pimps—we even see them welcomed into our schools.”
Sharon writes, “The real outrage is that we … permit pimps and thugs to be a part of our children’s formative years and public school experience. We’ve allowed ourselves—and our children—to be tricked out by pimp culture.”
ObscenityCrimes.org version
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This month's column, entitled "[Big Pimpin' for the Shorties](http://www.obscenitycrimes.org/espforparents/espforparents2004-09.cfm)," gives you "the 411" on how rap and hip-hop culture's is bringing its glorification of prostitution exploitation--"pimping"--to the youngest children (the "shorties"). We're talking "pimp" and "ho" Halloween costumes. We're talking "Pimp Juice" energy beverage. We're talking pimp-themed video games.Sharon writes, “The real outrage is that we … permit pimps and thugs to be a part of our children’s formative years and public school experience. We’ve allowed ourselves—and our children—to be tricked out by pimp culture.”
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"Big Pimpin' for the Shorties" can be found here: [Morality in Media.org version](http://www.moralityinmedia.org/mediaIssues/espforparents2004-09.htm)