This feeds into the stereotypical ideology about “black male sexual predators”. This is unacceptable because the scene is so disturbing. She is then shown to be very distressed by this sexual contact, and this scene which is essentially an assault scene is shown in a lighthearted way. He is shown to be abusing drugs and selling it to the underage girl, but also we witness a scene in which he is having sex with Yolandi. Anies is shown as an almost demented character, he is wearing contacts that make his eyes inhuman. Yolandi lives in an all white orphanage, so it is no wonder why being with a black boy who is in a gang is an exciting game for her. Anies’ character is the only black character in the whole video. He forces Yolandi to come to him late at night to sleep with him. Anies is shown to us as a both evil but exotic predator. Yolandi is supposedly younger than him and lives in an orphanage. Probably influenced by their massive obsession with crime and prison culture which is very classist and unrelated to their own personal lives as Millionaires. In the video for Cookie Thumper, we follow a love story between, school girl Yolandi and a supposed gang member Anies who has just gotten out of prison. They have an obsession with demonising black bodies. This is only a few seconds of the video but still an unsettling imagery and the only time any black folk are represented in the whole video.ĬW for the first paragraph: Sexual Assault This is also repeated in their other music videos, for example, Baby’s on Fire in which Yolandi dances next to underage black kids, who are wearing little clothing and twerking.
This appropriation means, stealing parts of black culture that are eroticised by white folk, using it for one’s own good, without it benefiting the culture it was originally stolen from. We can also see examples of it in Miley Cyrus’ imagery in both live shows and videos, but also the music video for “Sorry” by Justin Bieber. This in itself is a normalised type of appropriation of black culture by white musicians.
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Here are some examples of what I personally notice to be a negative treatment of black bodies by Die Antwoord.Īt their live shows, they have a series of “big butt” seemingly white dancers twerking whilst flicking around their dreadlocks. However, it is hard to not notice the ugliness of their hatred towards black folk in both their behaviour and their visual work.Įven though their music is fun to listen and dance to, there is something almost wicked about the amount of hate that is hidden underneath of it. Throughout their career, they have made a point of creating a fresh style in both their aesthetic and their raw music. However, we all know it is something white musicians love to steal from the stereotypical black culture the mainstream media love to feed us. Even though they are both millionaires after their massive success in the industry, they still pretend to be poor and from the ghetto/ gangster life, which may be a reflection on their past somehow. Ninja, Yolandi’s partner has an obsession with the Ghetto life and working class culture. Listening to their music alone this may not be as visible as it is in their music videos. The Rap Rave band from Cape Town-South Africa, are best known for the controversial visuals of their music videos, and the crude language used in their music, as well as Yolandi’s squeaky voice.īut in the POC community, they are known for one thing, and that is their appropriation of black culture and overall racism.
This is a good news for some and bad news for those who never noticed the problematic legacy they have left behind. Die Antwoord have just announced that they will be breaking up.
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