Clean version of The Story of OJ music video?

April 24, 2018 9:33 PM

I’m hoping to show the music video for Jay-Z’s Story of OJ to a class of high schoolers. I’m looking for a version that is edited because I can’t blast all those n****s in a classroom, even if it is for educational purposes. So far I haven’t found one. Help!

Additionally I’d accept a clean version of just the audio and press buttons real fast to play the audio and the video on mute in synch but that isn’t ideal.

posted by Grandysaur to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Response by poster: Oh duh! It looks like there’s a clean version of the song on Apple Music I could use. Still holding out for a clean version of the music video though!
posted by Grandysaur at 9:37 PM on April 24, 2018

I don't think so. I found a "clean" version on Vimeo, but it's bleeped over the backing track as well, so it's probably a fan edit.
posted by rhizome at 9:53 PM on April 24, 2018

My gut says if they aren't mature enough to be able to hear and understand the n-word respectfully and in context, they may not be ready to see the various racial caricatures and stereotypes portrayed in that video either. Or at least not presented to them by an authority figure.

If you are open to alternatives, I found this Slate video on legacy of racial caricatures in well-known cartoons (made in response to the Story of OJ video) to be really informative and eye-opening.
posted by BusyBusyBusy at 3:52 AM on April 25, 2018 [3 favorites]