Boston University Students Ask School Administration To Cancel Robin Thicke Concert
ByA group of Boston University students are pretty clear in their demands of not wanting "Blurred Lines" singer Robin Thicke to perform at their school, The Republican reported.
More than a thousand people have signed a petition, started by members of the Humanists of Boston University, asking the school administration to cancel a spring concert featuring Thicke on March 4. Students believe his popular, Grammy-nominated song "Blurred Lines" promotes misogynistic messages, including rape culture, which clashes with the school's culture of sexual violence awareness, The Republican reported.
"Having Thicke perform is a political statement that is out of touch with the realities of sexual violence and Boston University's own history. Thus, we suggest that Robin Thicke's performance be cancelled," members of group wrote on the Change.org petition. "Thicke's hit song, 'Blurred Lines,' celebrates having sex with women against their will. Lyrics such as, 'I know you want it,' explicitly use non-consensual language. And while watching the extremely explicit video, the insinuations grow from subtle to explicit to obnoxious."
Members of the group also said it is a dishonor to feminist history to idolize the singer by allowing him to sing his misogynistic music at the university.
Boston University's spokesman Colin Riley told The Daily Free Press the school's administration had no role in scheduling the concert.
"This is not a BU concert," he said. "This is Agganis Arena, one stop of a 16-show tour, for Robin Thicke to perform."
Riley also said it is highly unlikely that the show will be cancelled.
"You're talking about a college campus where it's anathema to ban things," he said. "We respect our students' views, but those are those students' views."
The group announced on its Facebook page it will be staging a protest outside the arena on the night of the concert if Thicke takes the stage.