Blurred Lines

I'm not sure if I fully understood the prompt correctly but the first thing that came to my mind while thinking of the dichotomy between black female and white male identity today was Robin Thicke's song Blurred Lines. I'm well aware that songs and music video's are not accurate depictions of how artist are in real life but I did find the lyrics to that song and the actual video interesting. The video contains 3 females, 2 of which are white (in skin color, I have no idea about their ethnicity) and the other 1 is black (again, no idea of her ethnicity). There are also 3 males, 2 of which are black (by appearance (T.I. and Pharrell) and Robin Thicke who we identify as a white male. I feel that it is ironic that T.I. are Pharrell are mainly interacting with the white females and Robin is paired with the black female. There is a scene when Robin Thicke interacts with the other females but what was most intriguing to me was when he sung the lines,
 "OK now he was close, tried to domesticate you
But you're an animal, baby it's in your nature
Just let me liberate you
Hey, hey, hey
You don't need no papers
Hey, hey, hey
That man is not your maker"
 he was with the black girl. The lyrics aren't vulgar yet they are troubling especially when they seem to come from the white male gaze cast down upon the black woman...an animal...her nature...papers (slave ownership papers perhaps? O.K I won't start but do you catch my drift?)There's another scene when T.I. is seen brushing the white girl's blonde hair. Frantz Fanon would refer to this as the fixation of the white woman from the black man ..Now before you say, "It's not that deep," I still think it's very telling in how the "exotic other" is viewed. Like I said, these images and songs don't necessarily speak to the character of artists and/or producers but do we subconsciously perpetuate these type of things in society? Are they poisonous or awakening? Are they completely irrelevant? Am I tripping? While it is nice to see somewhat of an interracial interaction, it still puts the White male at the forefront, and the black woman (along with the others but I'm not talking about them) is nothing more than a prop. I still like the song by the way! Just thought I'd review it through my oppositional gaze. Here's a link to the video for your viewing pleasure...

http://youtu.be/yyDUC1LUXSU