I MUST ADMIT I am not in the habit of watching CBC very often, but for some unknown reason decided one night recently to tune in and catch up with some of the local news for a change.
It was just before 7 p.m. when the station was filling in the time before the news. I could not believe that CBC could not have found something more uplifting for its audience than a male and female gyrating to a rather boring song with just about ten words – “I am free to wuk up on you” – repeated over and over.
I am totally sick of the word “wuk up”. It seems as though they are the national words for what is called calypso in Barbados today.
It is one thing to hear it in song, but to have to watch the words actually being played out and to see the way these females allow their bodies to be used is both sickening and disgusting.
Can someone please explain exactly what culture are we representing, when we can often see a male and female gyrating and lifting their legs and bending over in what can only be described as dog-like fashion?
It surely is not African or European. Are Barbadians the proud inventors of this new culture?
Do the women who take part in such an exhibition and who take delight in making sure they are up front with the cameras, have any self-pride? Are they not mothers who should be thinking of what examples they are setting for their children? Can we not enjoy ourselves anymore without bordering on the vulgar side?
Then we want to know why the youth have gone astray with what is taking place in our society today.
– ANNETTE LASHLEY