Antoine Dodson is for real, y'all

Jonathan, I think you should check out the remix!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrWu13Uh2Yw

And so a new internet meme is born!

i think he is great, since when having a personality's a crime? he was awesome in a Lafayette(True blood) kinda a way - which is a a rarity.. Now so many remixes http://bit.ly/Antoinedodson (the original and best) and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09PNCZPH41M and so many others...

anything that has that effect is worth appreciating..

Jonathan...brother, if you thought this type of personality and grammer only existed in comedy, perhaps you need to take a trip to some of those DC neighborhoods that warehouse the poor and have the most crime. You know...some of those places in SE or NE.

It was funny in a painful way for me since I know that for far too many people this is the reality. I give him props for being there to take care of his sister and putting the community on notice. Only by getting everyone involved will this sort of violence begin to decline.

I can't help but think that if he wasn't poor and black, that young man would be going places.

I laughed until I cried at the original and the Autotuned remix but then i thought about something that's missing in the coverage.
Is rape a common problem in this particular housing complex that has been ignored by the local media until they have a good sound byte? Is rape a bigger problem in the projects and what is being done about it? A bigger and better story could come out of this tragic comedy.

"...snatching your people up, tryin' to rape 'em, so ya'll need to hide your kids, hide your wife, and hide your husbands 'cuz they're raping everybody out here".

Freakin' awesome! Antoine, you are the man! And, yes, the remix is an absolute top 5 radio worthy hit. I've listened to it 30 times and the song is still great! Just another reason to love the interwebs.

I agree that the outrage at this assault is more on message than the way it was conveyed. Someone breaking into your home while you're there sleeping is terrifying.

What really happened here is the usual editing hack job was not performed here for the news broadcast. Antoine's outrage at the events is quite apparent. He is mad as hell and he's not going to take it any more. I love how he looks right into the camera to give the perpetrator a piece of his mind. So Antoine's anything but shy. What's wrong with that? The Autotuned version is actually quite wondrous to behold and doesn't take away one bit of the gravity of the attempted rape. I hope he realizes that a great many of us are right there behind him all the way. He IS a hero. Viva Antoine!

Ha ha ha, yuk it up. An attempted rape -- well, that's not the story here, laughing at the guy who helped his sister against a rapist is.

Great show, Mr. Capehart.

Or not.

Maybe you should try living in that neighborhood for a week or two, and to get by on the incomes of an Antoine Dodson or his sister? Of course, that just might hamper your own sartorial splendor a little.

I don't think this at all reflects on black people poorly. Antoine has become an internet celebrity due to his over the top-ness. He is a "real" character as you said, from the ghetto. You don't get too much of that on the internet. You only really get glimpses.
This is one of those glimpses, and this guy is a character, and he is very angry, and is speaking his mind.
It's awesome. It's comical. It's refreshing. And the remix is so ridiculously catchy.
A+
I only see people looking to Antoine as being awesome, not embarassing. I hope he is not embarassed. He was just angry and he spoke his mind.

You better believe "Antoine Dodson is for real, y'all". If more people were as real as Antoine this would be a better world for all of us: My hat's off to Antoine!

I agree - this does NOT reflect poorly on the black community, Antoine is just being honest and direct. I felt the genuine anger and frustration he shared with us - someone tried to hurt his sister! Who wouldn't want a brother or friend like Antoine.

I hope this leads to something great for him!

The auto-tune remix is surprisingly catchy.

As far as the racial angle goes, the kind of people who are going to see that as a confirmation of a stereotype -- and not the reaction of one man -- aren't likely to change their attitudes anyways.

I could definitely see some reality TV show though, trying to sign Antoine Dodson to a contract. He's got camera presence and based on the short clip he doesn't seem to hold much back.

Of course, it should go without saying, but hopefully the authorities nail the perpetrator of the break-in and attempted rape too. If the clip increases that likelihood, and reduces the risk to others, it's served its purpose and Dodson will have done a public service.

This story is a story because of the message more than the medium. Yes, his language and mannerisms can be seen as entertaining. But there are many more entertaining clips to watch than this one. This man has a message that transcends all lines, classes, nationalities, gender and race, it's about putting and end to rape. Refusing to hide and play the game of keeping quiet.

Rape doesn't get talked about. Black, white, rich, poor, people don't talk about it and they don't make it personal. Usually they're women or girls. Usually they turn inward and hide. It's the crime victims blame themselves for too often, even still. And often the damage after the crime by those around the victim is the determining factor in how well those victims recover.

This time the tables turned. This is a real encounter with a victim and her brother, both with the balls to look directly at their attacker and promise justice.

It's not a policy statement for what it means to be African-American in Alabama in 2010, or to live in a certain neighborhood or be from a certain sexual orientation or family configuration. It doesn't represent anything more than a victim who refuses to hide and demands that their community do the right thing.

To be the number one downloaded video on YouTube, it is clear that this video is being viewed, interpreted, and reinterpreted now by persons outside of the Black experience. This can be dangerous ground because while many of us may be able to laugh at this video, we can still commiserate with Dodson and his sister’s experience. Because race remains such shaky ground in this nation, it often feels that in these kinds of situation the outsider is not laughing with us but as us. Leading me to wonder to what extent a video like this confirms widely held stereotypes about the entirety of Black identity, and furthermore affirms the exceptionalism that many outside our race assign to President Obama and other articulate, intelligent, and successful Black people.

http://thekabosh.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/now-run-tell-dat-%e2%80%a6-home-boy-antione-dodson-and-the-ghettoization-of-black-online-identity/

Just because a person is poor and "black" does not mean that they're not going places everybody wasn't hand fed with a silver spoon as they were growing up...Everyone has a choice in life to do whatever they choose and if you choose to do nothing that's you...I don't think we should judge in anyway...I love this brotha, he is as real as it gets!!! Just because someone doesn't talk, dress and live the way "WE" think they should doesn't give anyone the right to say they are beneath them, I've always said, nomatter how high up the ladder you choose to go don't treat anyone like they are beneath you, treat them like they are right there beside you and guess what, you will always feel good about yourself...

Antoine IS awesome. Keep in mind, he is a very young man, so a certain amount of verbal flamboyance is understandable. Think of how overwrought anyone would be in those circumstances. Check back in five years; Antoine might be working for Huntsville law enforcement. Antoine; you did pay that jaywalking ticket, right?