An example of defiant individualism are gangs that are capable of producing benefits for their members and other people in society, they as well work in their rank, and regulating leadership. He also goes on explaining gangs in times of immigration and how these communities have developed in the Unites States. Some of the gangs that are brought from other countries are like Chinese and Vietnamese which they have a long history of gangs in their own societies prior to immigration. These gangs are involved in drug trafficking and gambling. The article continues on by trying to see what gangs are involved with and their progression of consuming or selling drugs and to sharpen their power to not only the society but to their competitors against the other gangs.
Drug trafficking, heroin in particular, was the choice drug of law enforcement, people and gangsters alike. Heroin trafficking in the 1960s and 70s had great effects on pop culture, American culture and gang culture. Many things in pop culture have their roots in this time period. Most people, when listening to music, rap music especially, hear words and phrases that they do not understand. These words and phrases were commonly used during the 60s and 70s to describe certain aspects of the heroin trade.
This ideology makes it difficult for young African American to push away from rappers influences and compete in their beyond their identification. Above all rapping creates a retro division among us. Based on the rapper certain groups of people would not listen to his or her music. Hip hop is a roadblock to success, but it is a cry for black
Do you think that the prestige rankings reflect the most important jobs in society? (Are the jobs with the highest prestige the most important to society?) Why or why not? I think not all of them were the highest jobs I think that there's a lot more jobs that are prestige ranking. In the prestige ranking I think they are the most important because they are the highest ranking.
The progression from industrial to information age had a negative impact on blacks because their skills were neither able to be used in the high paying high skilled jobs, nor in the low wage sweat ship jobs. 2) From Chapter 8 discuss how Robert Merton’s strain theory applies to this film? Your answer should include the definition of what the theory is as well as the four adaptation steps. The strain theory is society socializing people to desire a certain goal but not allowing some the means by which to obtain that goal. The four adaptive steps are innovation, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion.
Back then, when I hear “Hip Hop”, I associated it with egoistic rappers and gang violence. It was my least favorite music genre because rap artists only rap about their shopping list and other meaningless topics. It came to the point where I asked, “What is Hip Hop?” I was so curious that I decided to use it as an English research topic. From that point on, my opinion on Hip Hop changed completely due to the fact that there’s more to it. As I researched on what Hip Hop is, I found out that it isn’t just a music genre, but a massive culture that originated within the Bronx during the 1970s.
At the time of this speech, African Americans could not get the same education as white people. They could not get the same jobs, eat in the same restaurant, or even earn the same amount of money as a white person. Even their life expectancy was cut short because of all of this. His use of different words in his speech catches the attention of the readers. He constantly uses the words American, free, and equal.
Hip-Hop: Ascension and Changes through Time In the essay “From the Margins to Mainstream: The Political Power of Hip-Hop” Katina Stapleton takes us through the civil power behind the inception and delivery of hip-hop music and the challenges the genre faces in its growing future. Stapleton begins by giving an account of hip-hops creation in the 70’s streets of New York City. Stapleton explains the communal aspect of early hip-hop and the intense social implications it had. Hip-hop is exposed as a subversive cultural force pitting artful lyrical expression against physical violence in the youth of that time period. Hip-hop generated cliques of youth banding together under a common identity provided by hip-hop.
Jemma Victor Mrs. Westrick English 1101, 50930 12 February 2012 African American Culture The African American culture is very different from other cultures. Other cultures may find it difficult to understand how and why they do certain things or act a certain way. Over the years African Americans have been through a lot of difficult times trying to position themselves in the United States. Many have gone on to become productive citizens, while others became a product of excuses and their environment. It seems as though most of the culture has very little guidance and even fewer role models.
There is a huge number of rapper and hip-hop singer in the middle east that are not discovered because of the culture that we live in that does not accept the fact that an Arab could be singing rap, even though this music genre was discovered in the middle east, still they don’t appreciate it. The question is why the Arabs hate this kind of music and is there is a reason for them hating this kind of genre. Everyone have his or her own taste of music. Some people like rap and hip-hop and others don’t. Rap and hip-hop are more likable to youth in the Middle East but that does not mean that the rest should respect this kind of music because the youth only represent 30 percent of the Middle East and the other 70 percent are adults and children.