Erykah Badu’s NudeVideo & Embracing the Black Butt

<p>The part of the video getting the most attention is one of Badu’s body parts–her butt. Badu caught us off guard. We didn’t know the slim soul singer was carrying all of that junk in her trunk. <span class="vitstorybody"><span class="vitstorybody"> </span></span> But I’m looking at the whole picture. Here we have a black behind in a music video that isn’t jiggling for men’s pleasure. She’s walking through a Dallas park like a woman on a mission (when she recorded this, Badu went without a crew nor permission from the city). You can see the strength and fearlessness in her stride. Also you get this sense of liberation. And yes her bum is round and full and beautiful. Black women’s buttocks have been objectified since before the days of the Hottentot Venus. No gyrating gold-teethed mens’ laps or credit cards sliding down strippers’ behinds in this video…..</p>