Rakhi Kumar addressed a letter to first lady Michelle Obama criticizing her choice of role model, In the letter, she openly expresses her contemptuous view of the RnB singer who I am sure could care less.She links Beyonce to the child trafficking problems of the US claiming that these children are coerced into the sordid lifestyle of debauchery and abuse because they are tantalized by the Beyonce lifestyle and therefore wish to emulate her actions. What Kumar conveniently forgets is that many children are sold into the sex trade and it is rarely a thing of choice, to suggest such a thing makes light of sordid illegal trade. After all Rakhi Kumar, if the they willing volunteer to be violated by men old enough to have sired their fathers, why should anyone bother to attempt to rescue them? The reality of the child sex trade is a harsher than what even Kumar believes; there is no choice. One does not just stumble upon thirteen year olds from stable homes opting to journey to a new and hostile environment simply because they envisage a opulent lifestyle much like Beyonces to be awaiting them.
As a sixteen year old, I would like to point out that it was only three years ago when I myself was thirteen (the age, according to Kumar, at which one is susceptibility to all manner of things) however, I must admit despite the allure of 'fame and fortune,' I was not stupid enough to foolishly believe that such luxuries could be granted via anything other than immense talent and hard work. Thirteen is not six, and one must always be weary of generalising what can and cant influence children- they are not all as innocent as you may like to believe. The age specified in the article is irrelevant, regardless of the age of the child, if as a parent you can not teach your own offspring to not be lead by what is supposedly a "bad example" what is to stop them being lead astray by other influences? Surely then, you have failed in your duty as a parent?
Can the first lady of an global superpower not publically appreciate a singer who has appeared at countless United Nations gatherings, the Mandela funeral and even performed at her husbands inauguration? Who then should she be endorsing? Mozart? Well sorry to be the bearer of bad news but he is dead and given the fact that he lived back in the 18th century, he is rather too dated to be a role model for most. Is it not enough that the first lady chose to support one of the few well known female artists (in the public eye) who not only has some semblance of a stable family, but does not (unlike many) feature in the explicitly sordid recordings that are sex tapes. What more Rakhi Kumar do you want? Beyonce is the epitome of femininity entwined with a stage character that is sensual without being crass and a business woman to boot. What more could she be? I may not be a mother, but I know that if my child were to one day enter into the music industry, Beyonce is who I would tell her to emulate and do you know what? Im not even a Beyonce fan, but i recognise that her conduct though not beyond reproach, is commendable.
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