Therefore rap came to be the main way of expressing social oppression in black communities. Rappers best represented lives that lacked love ,fewer opportunities, and disgust with law enforcement. Dyson argues his beliefs on rap and its representation “Representing history is within reach of those who seize the opportunity to speak for themselves, to represent their own interest at all cost. Therefore gangsta rap is always involved in controversial representation. Constant attacks on homosexuals and women show the battle between cultural differences in many of gangsta rappers.
This all too often comes in the form of rap idols and gangs. The message of most rap lyrics, specifically gangster rap, is reflective of the hopelessness that pervades the black and urban community, and justifies an outlaw lifestyle. The Observational Learning Theory directly ties to the influence of rap and media since it emphasizes the importance of observing and modeling the behaviors, attitudes and reactions of others. These observations then become a way of learning
“Rap as an art form, began as personal narrative, telling the individual stories of urban lives ignored by the mainstream media.”(Rose, p.2-3). “It used to be a respectful, decent form of music, however, it has turned bad, into utter crap listened to by posers.”(“Rap”). When people are conversing and the word “rap” comes up, blacks and whites complain about the misogyny, materialism, drugs, and violence present in the lyrics and videos. There are many different forms of rap and they fall under two categories: the language of empowerment and the language of oppression. Conscious rap deals with empowerment and consists of “songs that are responsible, thought provoking, and/or inspirational toward positive change or a cry of protest against social injustice”.
For example, the wishing for African-American rights in America included several acts of deviance by breaking several laws yet it paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement. Despite this, Durkheim acknowledges that too much crime threatens to tear the bonds of society apart yet also states that too little
West coast hip hops effect on music Purpose: Explain to audience how the influence of rap music more especially from the west coast has on music today Introduction: Many people enjoy music today; the artistic expression of sound has proven to have an effect on people. This is most true when it came to west coast hip hop which featured explicit lyrics of rebellious inner youth that gave voice to the ghettos of America. No previous form of rap or music came with such an attitude and controversy, artist like ice t and n.w.a spoke of the trials of living in tough neighborhoods, crime and social injustices.. West coast hip hop for one made music listeners politically conscience of social injustices such as flagrant abuse by the police, perpetuation of racial discrimination. Secondly they were pioneers of self promotion i.e. mix tapes and other means independent funding.
Hampton also taught political education classes. One of Hampton's greatest achievements was to persuade Chicago's most powerful street gangs to stop fighting against each other and he also made the “Rainbow Coalition Pact”, a nonagreesion deal that included the black community, Puerto-Rican and poor youths. So what I am trying to point at here is that the Black Panthers was not all about violence and the white supremists were only scared of the rise and awareness that the black community was developing and so they labelled it a terror gang and threat to national security. It was the FBI and CIA who incited the party into illegal activities, they wanted by all means to bring down the party and the movement. The government had problems with the Party because the Party was
Despite common expectation, that members of such a community should "know better", various forms of racism in the community have become so normalized that they are simply brushed off. Racism however is prevalent in the LGBTQ community and as a result Black Gay males suffer from the invisibility of a black gay voice as well as conflicting social identifiers, and even worst black gay stereotypes. In this essay, using the works of Rinaldo Walcott, Audre Lorde, and Ron Simmons, I will identify and analyze instance of racism in Toronto’s LGBTQ community, How stereotypes and the conditional acceptance within the community are the cause of black gay males being marginalized, excluded, and suffering while living with inequality on a regular basis. I will also explain how improving the current state of racial communications between individuals in the community can change the lives of the community and society. Within the LGBTQ Community, there are several instances of racism, that are swept under the rug.
Jeff Chang first started talking about the stereotypes that were accompanied by the new music genre. Because of this art from people of color were seen in a bad light. Since hip hop had a huge effect on people that lived in the ghettos. Rap groups started to take the roles of activist like the group N.W.A, who made a song called “Fuck tha Police”.
Life and observational experiences should be convincing enough for audiences to see that inner city African American youths (The terms “youth” and “teen” are used interchangeably) construct identities for themselves, based on a means for coping and survival as marginalized citizens within a hegemonic patriarchal society. Inner city Black youths do not necessarily have the luxury of constructing appropriated ‘youth identities' since their emergent youth styles are created based on surviving poverty and all of the pathological social ills that come with it; examples include violence, drugs, illegal entrepreneurship, police harassment, etc. There is a connection between the worlds depicted in street nonfiction novels The Corner and Other People’s
“Now top rappers began to write edgy lyrics celebrating street warfare or drugs and promiscuity.” Later he also said “. . . celebrate a life of unending violence and criminality.” This is clearly a straw man argument. He is completely ignoring the true stance of the opposing position and offering an exaggerated and misrepresented version.