Prince’s 2004 video depicted a girl fantasizing about retaliatory terrorism after anti-Muslim abuse

Evidence

Prince sings an ode: The song is “Cinnamon Girl” from Prince’s 2004 album Musicology (NPG Records). The song’s video sparked controversy for its depiction of a young woman who, after enduring post–September 11 racist abuse, dreams of enacting terrorist violence herself. She decides against it by the video’s end. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 1037

Categorization

• CANDY: A surprising pop-culture footnote — Prince of all people made a video about a post-9/11 Muslim girl’s revenge fantasy. Great elevator trivia.
• XREF: Resonates with how mainstream artists occasionally stage taboo racial/religious themes through song and video.