Periana Wilson 3/22/13 CRE 5/Task 3 I will explain Shusterman’s view of aesthetic violence as a means to better illustrate his view that rap music is more than the glorification of street violence. (pg. 58-59) Rap that is used to overcome violence is overlooked because street violence fits the standard and stereotype of how black people are expected to act. Street violence always involves urban black men exhibiting violent and unruly behavior which normally results in police involvement or death, and in many case both. Aesthetic violence, while still possessing similar characteristics of street violence, it is targeted more towards creating awareness of the social ills of the Black communities.
But little do people know, the one thing that could blindly influence them the most, is music. . Hip Hop Music Started to form during the 1970s, and became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among African American youth residing in the Bronx. Starting off the rap scene was the song from Rappers Delight- Sugar Hill Gang, but today we have
Everything from his physical features to his words was portrayed through the arts in a way that would insinuate Malcolm X as “forever young”. The cultural and artistic iconic reputation of Malcolm X witnessed a brief hiatus over the period of 1970s to 1980s until the pop explosion of the hip-hop generation. Numerous artists began to incorporate samples from X’s speech over hip-hop beats into their music. Apart from his words, images of Malcolm X also began to become more visible whether in murals or in paintings. In a way, in a generation and time of newfound Afro-centricism and the Black Power movement, Malcolm X was the perfect fit for being able to speak whatever uncomfortable truths that no other individual could muster to bring forth.
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”.
Left as just another misogynistic belief embedded in the fabric of society. This was not the case; the organisers of SlutWalk challenged him directly then challenged the entire police organisation. Now SlutWalk is challenging society’s patriarchal structure. The use of the word ‘slut’ itself challenges society’s conventions, gaining attention and turning the meaning of the word to their advantage. Slut challenges the beliefs held in association of the powerful word.
Controversial Issues in Entertainment: Hip Hop COM/225 Instructor: Yonilee Miller July 27, 2015 By: Shantoria Lee Controversial Issues in Entertainment: Hip Hop Keany (2014),“Starting off with becoming popular through a peace movement for teenagers and young adults called Universal Zulu Nation that was to help eliminate gang violence and bad behavior in NYC, hip hop has stirred a ton of controversy since then. Hip hop nowadays is, without an argument, a major influence and source of promotion on violence, homophobia, sexism, and drug use”()*. The controversial issue here is how much of hip hop music has a negative effects on the community, most notably black people, and how something needs to be done about it. Some rappers use lyrics
Hip-hop, while opposed to rap, generally defines the whole culture. Rap formed during the 1970s with the rise in popularity of block parties in New York, particularly among African American youth residing in the Bronx. Rapping developed as a vocal style in which the artist speaks along with an instrumental or synthesized beat. The roots of rapping are found in African-American music and ultimate African music, with roots originating from the griots of west African culture. The African American traditions of signifyin' (an early form of wordplay), the dozens (game of spoken words between two communities) and jazz poetry all had an influence on rap music.
Herbert informs his audience that many americans are unaware of ethnic profiling and its negative effects. I agree with herberts article that ethnic profiling is a big issue in the united states and needs to be stopped. The idea of racial profiling is completely immoral and should not be tolerated. The law promises the equality of everyone and law enforcement officals should not be allowed to practice this act. Individuals,blacks,and hispanics in this case are often profiled by law enforcement officers because there more likely to commit crimes.
Typical of a nigger’s mentality to have no plan, no thought for the future, just run blind first chance he saw” (322). This definitely shows that the county of Maycomb has very racist people. Thus, gender, social and racial stereotypes makes stereotypes the most prudent theme throughout To Kill a Mockingbird. When reading this book, one will easily be able to pick out many examples of stereotyping. Stereotyping has always been
“Black on Black Crime in the Hip Hop Industry” Black on black crime is the biggest issue that lives within the hip hop community. The problem these days is that people are so worried about what everybody thinks about then rather than just living life to the best of their ability. You got people hating on whose got more money, who’s selling crack on which corner, or who can pull more “bitches”. The music that is around for young children to see is outlandish. Nobody cares about what car’s you drive anymore, or about how much money you have.