The history of sagging pants started in the American prisons during the late 80’s and early 90’s when there was a significant overflow of young African Americans in the system. Because it is important to keep the cost of prison garments on the lower cost margarine, many people were given ill fitted uniforms. Also, belts and shoe laces were omitted from any attire due to their pretense for being used as weapons or for a means of suicide. Without any article of clothing to help hold your britches up, sagging became a way of wearing your prison attire. When hip hop, during this time period adopted this look, it fit into the notion that one was not cool unless one did time.
| Having Dark Skin and Being Called a Nigger Because of Color | Communication 125: Interpersonal Communication | | Angela Dean | | 9/19/2012 | Summary: One way, I am culturally different is I’m label a nigger, because of my culture; although, there are other cultures with dark skin. Throughout this paper, you will see the affect this word can have on a person or persons of the African/American Culture, especially the affect this word had on me. Writing this paper has helped me take note of some feelings that is old, new and present. Fear: Being culturally different as a young child, I had no fear of other people; because my mother worked for the Puckett’s who both were doctors and Caucasians. The fear began when, I was told by my grandmother, parents, relative, and others close to me that I was different.
Let me be clear -- I'm on the front lines of any effort to get the men in hip-hop to rethink their pornographic uses of women's bodies and performance of lyrics that more often than not express, at best, a deep ambivalence about and fear of women (perfectly captured 14 years ago with the Bell Biv Devoe quip "never trust a big butt and a smile") and, at worst, outright hatred. But as we make demands of these artists, it's important that we understand the demands of the peculiar space they occupy within pop culture. Without doubt, the performance of black masculinity continues to be hip-hop's dominant creative force. Yet over the last decade or so sales figures have consistently shown that young white men are the primary consumers of the various performances of black masculinity and the pornographic images
Article Rebuttal: Should Public Schools Have a Strict Dress Code Policy? BCOM/275 September 3, 2012 Article Rebuttal: Should Public Schools Have a Strict Dress Code Policy? As a child growing up in the 1970’s, dressing to impress was a part of the social climb to the top of the latter. Students would wear jeans, sometimes with holes in the knees, we would wear t-shirts of any color, shoes of all colors, and anything that would make us unique. One thing that is certain, however, is that we would not dare wear anything deemed “inappropriate” by our parents or any other adult; at least most of us would not!
Is racism and anti-Semitism still a problem in the United States? Is racism and anti-Semitism still a problem in the United States? The reason I chose this topic for my assignment is because it bothers me that even though I am an American born citizen, am a military veteran, and pay taxes; I am still considered and classified as a minority by my country. My family, like many other families we know of directly who have experienced racism in this country due to ignorance, because of our physical appearance, because of negative stereotypes given to us by this country and lack of knowledge. While in high school my friends and I got our first taste of racism, when we tried to start a M.E.Ch.A.
Najalita Monroe Professor Stromberg English 102 13 September 2013 Struggles Often most African American adolescents are stereotyped because of the way they speak. After reading “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, I realized that many people are judged not only by their looks, but also the way they communicate. I found that I could relate to the article because as an African American adolescent I am often judged by the way I speak. My environment had a big impact on my launguage. Although English is not my second language, I feel that “proper” English is.
Read all about it fresh news stories hot off the press!” As Savan states that whites who “Plagiaries” (191) black talk don’t deserve to be talking in a language that they are just imitating, but not all slang words have derived from the “hood”. Some meanings have gone way back to before there was hip hop, jazz, and pop
As Boone introduced himself, Yoast was really annoyed and he said, “The school board put you on my staff, I did not hire you!”. This shows that Yoast was annoyed that a black person would be working for him. His attitude showed that he didn’t really want to accept the truth with the merging. Hateful ideas are express by the was that Yoast talks. How does he begin the change ?
The most powerful words to listen to are the ones in the lyrics music that kids listen to. Most rap songs deal with drugs, sex, gangs, and violence. As teenagers listen to this music they hear and learn new things that they didn’t know before (www. library.wcsu.edu). Rap music is probably those most influential thing that kids look up too in this day in age, therefore Rap music teaches teen’s harmful things due to the things said in the lyrics and has lead to many deaths by young juveniles (monk).
Dress codes will not make our schools perfect, but they will help stop gang violence, fashion show competition, and theft. Most of the gang fights are caused by certain colored clothing the student are wearing. Many of the students come to school to show off their new expensive designer brand name clothing. Students can get robbed for the gold, or any other expensive jewelry they are showing off. Dress codes will keep the students more focused on their studies.