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Question: "I've seen the video and one one hand, yes it does show how woman are objectified as solely sexual beings, but on the other hand, the entire video only shows african american men cat calling her. How can we speak about feminism, when the prejudice of african american men is clearly there?"

I completely agree; not that I don't support equality for both men and women, I believe that this video was extremely bias. According to an article, the video was made by a promotional company by the name of Hollaback, that specializes in making viral videos. They chose only to walk through a predominantly black and latino neighborhood, which was extremely bias of them, as, obviously, the first thing many people noticed was that it was only African-American and Latino men being portrayed as "catcallers". At the same time, just because there is racial bias, it doesn't mean we can't address both of the problems at once. I believe that this video has one major beneficial impact, as well as a very controversial portrayal; the beneficial impact being that this video did reach a huge audience, and did somewhat portray what many women go through on a daily basis. On the other hand, of course, the video showed the bias and prejudiced views that many people still have today.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/10/29/catcalling_video_hollaback_s_look_at_street_harassment_in_nyc_edited_out.html