R. Kelly Inspires Discussion for Black History Month

As part of ongoing Black History Month events on campus, UC Davis’s Cross Cultural Center, sponsored by the Associated Student Union, will be showing R. Kelly’s infamous hip-hopera “Trapped in the Closet” and hosting a subsequent discussion in an effort to raise awareness of gender and sexuality stereotypes in the black community. Student organizers said they feel that focusing on popular media is an important way to raise awareness among students, and, strange as it may seem, they believe R is just the man to do it.