Rap and Moral Character Various critics have railed against the alleged harms of rap music. It is misogynistic and promotes violence (especially toward women)‚ crass materialism‚ and street crime. Virtually all of the arguments about rap focus on its alleged effects—harmful or‚ occasionally‚ beneficial. Yet such arguments are difficult to prove. While not suggesting we abandon approaches like this‚ the focus on effects ignores another important moral argument—rap music is both a sign of
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By: Susanna Lee E-mail: lees@student.ucr.edu Gang Culture has increasingly become a subculture for many teenage youths. Main minority teens‚ these social outcast are often have no real economic stability and no parental supervision or guidance. As a result‚ teenagers often rebel and seek comfort in gangs. These gangs provide what is lacking in their lives‚ a sense of belonging. Minorities are often stereotyped and criticized‚ especially minorities born into poverty. They are condemned simply
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sanction authority upon rap music that is verbally racist‚ demoralizing and abusive. Rap music has played a huge role in this generation for kids‚ ages 13 to 18 and has powerfully influenced their thoughts as rock music influenced teenagers in the past. The difference is that a lot of rock music talks about love‚ political activeness‚ or sometimes the telling of a simple story. All in all rock music for the most part was not as derogatory as rap music is today. Sometimes rock music could contain subjects
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GANGS IN TORONTO Mr. De Sanctis CLU 3M November 11‚ 2013 There are a variety of gangs in the city of Toronto including the bloods (whose color is red)‚ crips (whose color is blue)‚ Punjabi mafia‚ ms-13‚ etc. These gangs can be usually found where the government provides public housing to the community. Places like Rexdale‚ Jane and Finch‚ Scarborough‚ Malvern‚ Region Park are the hosts to many of Toronto deadliest gangs‚ coincidentally these areas are the areas where most of the immigrants
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called ziggurat They kept themselves united under Hammurabi’s code You obey Hammurabi’s code Praise Hammurabi’s code Break Hammurabi’s code And you’ll be saying oh no! Libraries were found (x4) Awww Yeah! This rap was a project for World History and we had to come up with a rap that went over the culture of Mesopotamia‚ it is to the tune of Crank Dat Mesopotamia (from the Greek‚ meaning ’between two rivers’) was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the
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I could have never predicted that my life would come crashing down on a hot summer day at the Nautica Courts. It was the final round of the local rap battle tournament. My opponent had just delivered a killer freestyle that destroyed any hopes of a comeback. It was a fatal blow. An effortless pun on my clearance-bought clothes and my braces would forever brand me as a clown. The crowds taunts swamped me in humiliation. My opponent’s intimidating stare solidified his clear win. A shiver went down
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Youth gangs in North American society are nothing new. When we turn on the news we often hear stories of misguided youth contributing to yet another gang related crime. Even though it is known that youth crimes are overrepresented in the media today‚ the subject of youth gang activity is quite a predicament to our society. Over the last few years‚ there has been a moral panic created by constant exposure to the media which portrays a great amount of youth crimes and violence. In Canada there
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Since the creation of gangster rap‚ blacks began to be viewed as thugs because of the lyrics used in raps. Rappers were also viewed as thugs because of the trending clothing styles. According to Holsey (2013)‚ gangster rap is‚ “a subgenre of hip-hop music that evolved from hardcore hip-hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner city youths.” Holsey’s quote states that gangster rap comes from the experiences of frustrated black youths that
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lot of people have gone against rap artist for their negativity on their massages and they believe that rappers encourage others to become aggressive. But Rappers went on the defensive and their argument was that Gangsta rap was only a reflection of the hardships they faced out in the real world. The content of these songs had shootings‚ gang violence and substance abuse to women. It was taken in as an ugly picture. In my opinion‚ I do not like this gender of music‚ but their lyrics open the eyes
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MLK and Gang Violence Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a very powerful and kind man. His life was one that was devoted completely to his one and only life goal- ending segregation and violence. He attempted to accomplish this through making a series of speeches throughout the nation. He never solved anything with physical contact‚ but with his mind and with his voice. Thinking about Dr. King’s methods of approaching violence‚ we may ask ourselves‚ “What would Martin Luther King do about modern-day
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