Gwenn!!

Stefani’s music and style has brought her a lot of success. But also, it has brought some speculation as well. At the time of her first solo album she had brought attention to her and her new entourage. Her new entourage (after the No Doubt thing) consisted of four Japanese women who consider them selves, The Harajuku Girls. The name Harajuku came from a culture that has been established in Japan. http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/harajuku.htm
It consists of many types of Harajuku such as Goth and even male Harajuku. Harajuku is a life style for many people in Japan but according to Margret Cho (American-Asian Comedian) Asian’s are not represented in the media very often. In her opinion, she would do anything just to be recognized as an Asian in the media.
http://japundit.com/archives/2005/11/10/1482/ “I mean, racial stereotypes are really cute sometimes, and I don’t want to bum everyone out by pointing out the minstrel show. I think it is totally acceptable to enjoy the Harajuku girls, because there are not that many other Asian people out there in the media really, so we have to take whatever we can get. Amos ‘n Andy had lots of fans, didn’t they? At least it is a measure of visibility, which is much better than invisibility. I am so sick of not existing, that I would settle for following any white person around with an umbrella just so I could say I was there.”
But as we can see, there is a certain extent to where a person is adapting culture. It is shown that Gwen Stefani has surpassed adapting culture and uses LAMB [Love, Angle, Music, Baby (The Harajuku Girls)] as her own accessory. Instead of adapting culture, she’s exploiting the culture for her own commercial success. I agree with Harp and Brittany when they say “She is treating them as if they are animals although there are no physical leashes.” http://media-patriot.blogspot.com/2007/10/exploitation-or-adaptation-harajuku.html.
In 2004, an interview was established for Gwen and LAMB at Much Music. During the interview, the host asked one of the LAMB members a question. Gwen was quick to react and told the host “You can’t talk to them. They don’t talk. There apart of my imagination.” After reviewing that over, it is clear to me that this is plain out wrong! It’s not even a question of, “Is she exploiting or adapting”? Everyone should start telling her that it’s a crime of humanity to do such a thing. You have the right to free speech and no one can take that away from you.
But on the other hand, we should as LAMB them selves if they want this or not. Shortly after, an interview was constructed for the member and it brought up different questions. They were happy to be apart of Gwen’s crew. Gwen is a multi-platinum recording artist. With the records, comes a lot of cash money. If you do the math, LAMB shut there mouth for a reason (hint: $$$$$$). An additional point, none of the members have grown up on the Harajuku culture. One of the members “Angel” Jennifer Kita was born in America. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harajuku_Girls