Author: Byron Hurt

Byron Hurt is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer, activist and adjunct professor at Columbia University. Hurt is the former host of the Emmy-nominated series, Reel Works with Byron Hurt. He also directed the critically acclaimed PBS films, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes and Soul Food Junkies. Both films aired on the PBS Emmy Award-winning series, Independent Lens. His upcoming film Hazing will broadcast on PBS in late 2022. Hurt is a former Northeastern University football quarterback, and also a long-time gender violence prevention activist. He is a founding member of the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program, one of the longest-running gender violence prevention programs in North America, and the first large-scale initiative in both the college and professional sports culture and the U.S. military. Learn more at bhurt.com. Follow him on social media @byronhurt.
The Gender and Racial Politics of the Super Bowl Halftime Show: “Men With Power and Fame Are Seldom Held Accountable for Sexist Behavior”

NFL Sends Mixed Messages About Gender Violence With Super Bowl Halftime Lineup

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During the Super Bowl on Sunday, most of the rappers featured on the biggest stage in the world are known not only for their great talent, wealth and power, but for their misogynous attitudes—and in some cases abusive behavior—toward women, and some of the most gratuitously anti-woman lyrics ever.

“Dr. Dre, Snoop and Em have reached such an elevated status that it’s important to take a step back and think about their body of work. Read or recite their lyrics out loud and you will hear just how anti-woman their music has been over the past 20 years—and not just their music.”