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‚” “hoes
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that I think had a great effect on many sub-cultures all over the world‚ and was one of the first hip hop songs to have a really universal meaning is: “Where is the Love‚” by The Black-Eyed Peas. In this song‚ they question everyone’s ideologies regarding prejudice‚ and outlet their feelings towards racism‚ war‚ intolerance‚ greed‚ United States politics‚ terrorism‚ media‚ and love. Their hip hop sub-culture is seen in their clothing‚ and lyrics. However‚ they agreed to mainstream or sacrifice
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Hip-hop is the latest expressive manifestation of the past and current experience as well as the collective consciousness of African-American and Latino-American youth. But more than any music of the past‚ it also expresses mainstream American ideas that have now been internalized and embedded into the psyches of American people of color over time. A part of the learned mainstream American culture is sexism and misogyny. Hip-hop culture is frequently condemned for its misogynistic exploitation
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The Underling Messages- Misogyny with Hip-Hop Misogyny is vigorously common in the realm of Hip-Hop and the Black community is observed as one of its most noteworthy disciples. The physical‚ mental‚ and rhetorical brutality against women that is portrayed through the music has materialized onto the treatment of Black women among men in our society and is especially prevalent within Black men. Despite the fact that the illustrations and issues with misogyny are clear‚ equivocalness still dwells in
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In the essay ”Hip-Hop wars”‚ Tricia Rose focuses on the debate in hip-hop about sexism and discrimination. Sexism in hip-hop can be divided into two groups. People in the first group use hip-hop’s sexism as a way to strengthen the image that black people are strange and subordinate‚ and facilitate anti-feminist situations. People in the other group are liberals who like hip-hop‚ they concern about sexism because hip-hop heavily relies on it. The images that degradation of black women is strongly rooted
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Women‚ namely African American‚ have played a crucial role in Hip Hop culture: from the beginning with Cindy Campbell the sister of Kool Herc — who demonstrated her entrepreneurship of promoting his block parties; the idea of entrepreneurship is still deeply seeded in Hip Hop today—to Debra Lee‚ the president and CEO of BET. However‚ accounts of hip hop often downplay‚ or completely leave out‚ the contributions of women to hip hop as artist‚ entrepreneurs‚ producers‚ writers‚ etc. Women have influenced
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HIP-HOP: STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM AND NOW WE ARE HERE Rasheeda Brown AP English 12 In order for one to understand the genre Hip-hop‚ one must know the origination‚ the changes over the years‚ and the impact hip-hop has on today’s society. Hip-hop has been around for more than a few decades and it has been considered to be one of the most controversial subjects for quite some time. Some people say hip hop encourages hate and violence‚ others say it encourages self believe and tackle social and
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“A Reflection of Hip Hop’s Past: Is it Still Relevant?” Have you ever noticed the similarities between hip hop dance and African dance? Has the rhythm in African drums ever remind you of hip hop beats? How about Minstrel shows and the purpose behind them; are they similar to hip hop shows today? There is in fact a strong connection between the three topics and the hip culture. Hip hop is full of excitement‚ unity‚ passion and controversy. These characteristics of hip hop would be non-existent if
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Effects of Hip-Hop | Malachi Norman English 101April 8‚ 2013Professor Stayton MWF 9:00 am | From the beats to the lyrics‚ the current generation of youth is engrossed in hip-hop culture‚ tending to idolize the artist behind the songs. Since the 1970s‚ hip-hop has influenced American culture tremendously. In the past‚ hip-hop held a central focus around inequality‚ empowerment and overcoming hardships. Today‚ hip-hop talks more about sex‚ money‚ a male dominant social standing‚ and drugs. Hip-hop‚
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movement‚ hip-hop manages to get billed as both a positive and negative influence on young people‚ especially on Black and Latino youth. On one hand‚ there are African American activists‚ artists and entrepreneurs‚ such as Russell Simmons‚ who seek to build a progressive political movement among young hip-hop fans and who have had modest success with voter registration efforts. On the other hand‚ there’s no shortage of critics who denounce the negative portrayals of Black people‚ especially women‚ in hip-hop
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