Originally posted by Renee:
To Todras: Outkast used her name WITHOUT permission to make a song that totally went against what she was trying to prove. While they (Outkast) said it was only meant FIGURATIVELY, that doesn't matter because most people didn't KNOW they don't really mean for black to stop fighting back. They entitle the song ROSA PARKS and tell everyone to "hush that fuss" and "move to the back of the bus". That doesn't sound to me like they meant it figuratively.


No. They meant it figuratively in reference to their presence on the hip-hop/music scene. "Ah ha/hush that fuss/everybody move to the back of the bus" = Shut up, get out of our way, we own the music scene now.

I don't know why she took offense to that. I'll try to imagine it was her lawyers trying to cash in on it, and that she didn't care either way.