Apparently there are some “Rezkast ers” who are flagging other Rezkast video submission s as racist, offensive, and negative. As a staffer, I reviewed them, and I don’t deem them that offensive to everyone as a whole. Maybe not in what I would deem as in good taste, but what can I say?
While I can appreciate your concern over subject matter that may appear offensive to you as an individual , I can’t in good conscience support a black list of one submission on the basis that it offends you and you alone. Now if there were an outcry of hundreds or thousands, then that would be a different story. If there truly is an abuse of our site and service with truly offensive material, we’ll jerk it off the web so fast the web will spin!
Rezkast is the first of its kind as a Native American creative outlet. We hope to one day compete with and possibly surpass YouTube (wouldn’ t THAT be a hoot!? Dream big or stay at home I say!). We can’t achieve this by stifling the creative flow of those who might push the envelope of good taste, satire, or any other form of the expression that they choose to submit. All I can say is, that if you find some of the submission s offensive or negative, or even in bad taste, then the way to combat that, as I see it, is perhaps you should grab a camera, create your own “positiv e good taste” videos and submit them. We can’t help it if those who may have negative ideas or tastes are actually taking the time to exercise their creative juices and producing videos that they then submit on Rezkast.
Frankly, I find it completely offensive that our youth and young adults tend to substitute their own American Indian culture for predominan tly black culture, i.e, Bling, Gangsta style clothing like baggy pants and ball caps sitting sideways on their heads, Rap and Hip-Hop music, et al. That’s not American Indian culture, it’s inner city African American culture. But it’s also a style as well as a “fashion statement. ”
But that’s just me. I have to learn to live with it, just as you have to have some patience and learn to live with the complete freedom of speech and expression as guaranteed by the 1st Amendment of the Constituti on. We here at Rezkast will do everything in our power to protect that right on your behalf. We need all the freedom of expression that we can get, particular ly in light of the way our rights are constantly being eroded in the so-called “War on Terror.”
With that said, remember.. .Rezkast is a creative outlet for not only our tribe, but all the other Indian Nations across North America and the world. You can always express yourself openly and within the boundaries of reason and logic here, pretty much with out fear of censurship . As long as you don't get too carried away...
Have a good one and may the Creator grant you wisdom in your creativity !