These last two years of college have been the most influential in my life in terms of being racially aware and contemplating/ attempting to understand social issues regarding racism and white supremacy. I’m currently enrolled in a class called Global Hip Hop and Social Justice that has challenged my understanding of race and racism extensively. I always said that I wasn’t racist‚ because I have no prejudice against people of different ethnicities and believe a persons worth has nothing to do with skin
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The article “Hood Politics”: Racial Transformation in Hip-Hop by Richard Spradlin it argues that hip hop music is a vehicle for gaining an understanding black individuals identities. However‚ it also claims that rap can deconstruct and rebuild the black identity‚ in regards to one’s self-perception or judgment of society “in a racialized
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The piece “Barrier” performed by NobleMotion Dance is a somewhat simple yet intriguing piece. Both of the dancers in this piece are wearing pretty normal clothes with the girl wearing a nightgown type dress and the boy wearing a button down shirt and black pants. The dance takes place on a stage in front of a white screen in which the dancers work with throughout the piece as a part of the message they are trying to convey. From my point of view‚ the dancers and choreographer are trying to convey
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One of the main genres in music is Hip-Hop/R&B‚ because it is pop culture and a huge part of the youth community today. This genre has a good beat to it and it is easy to listen to and the lyrics relate to the lives of its listeners. Artists in the Hip-Hop/R&B genre portray sex in many different styles. Some artists use a romantic style while others use a humorous style that is very vivid. Artists choose to write about sex in their lyrics because it is controversial and it draws the attention of
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Fox hip hop opera ‘Empire has a star studded cast Taraji P. Henson plays (Cookie Lyons) Terrance Howard (Lucious Lyons) and Gabourey Sidibe (Becky). The show real life scenarios‚ and imperfect Hollywood storyline. Viewers watching can imagine parts of their lives panning out to resemble “Empire” storyline. Last season “Empire” storyline focused on Cookie and Luscious Lyons relationship‚ and the struggles that occurred before there was wealth. As Cookie served time in prison Luscious Lyons started
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While Hip-Hop is a relatively new cultural movement that is largely prevalent all over the world now‚ it originates in much earlier Black North American history as far back as the era of enslavement. It is still misunderstood as solely a form of music although it is rather an entire culture consisting of dance‚ "deejaying"‚ and visual art (usually in the form of graffiti) in addition to rap. However‚ in the larger culture of hip-hop‚ rap is the linguistic code that is used in an artistic manner
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Name and describe 4 interpretative skills used by a dancer. Explain the importance of each of these skills in dance performance. Give examples of how you have used these skills in your own work. All performance/interpretative skills are extremely important in any routine. There are various skills that each dancer must consider‚ the notable ones for this essay will be: Projection‚ Clarity of movement‚ Energy and Focus. I will be attempting to analyze‚ explain and give examples of these in my works
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Burns-Ardolino Research Methods April 22‚ 2007 Positive Women in Hip Hop: Feminism in a Patriarchal Society I. Summary Despite the negative images that we are over exposed to‚ can society identify positive women in hip hop? As hip hop promises to become main stream‚ it is gradually morphing into a component that will eventually be accepted as popular culture. However‚ the degradation of women continues to be a staple of the hip hop culture. In rap music women are commonly referred to as “bitches
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“Going back to Cali‚ Cali‚ Cali; I’m going back to Cali. hmm‚ I don’t think so” are lyrics to a well-known Hip Hop song track that was originally written by LL Cool J in 1987 and then remixed in the late 90s by Notorious B.I.G (TrevzNewPop‚ 2016). According to New Pop archives‚ the remix actually became more infamous than the original song as many fans believe that certain stanzas in this caustic version may have been a prelude to a haughty yet violent end for this artist. With all things being
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Do Guns Provide Safety? At What Cost? I am one of many Americans who believe that guns protect families. People who own firearms are supposed to be responsible and liable. There is controversy about whether gun possession really heightens personal safety and to what degree does gun violence factor in increased medical expenses. If less gun-related issues can come to a cease‚ than I believe health care cost would decrease sufficiently. I believe that people should have the right to bear arms
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