Friday, February 6, 2009
Friday's class
I was thinking about class today and how we were talking about the negative stereotypes for African Americans. I thought there was a good point made about the rap industry and how there are black males rapping about shooting people, slapping hoes, etc. and I believe the main reason there are so many negative stereotypes is because of our media. People listen to rap music and hear all those negative stereotypes so therefore they believe them, and even with our news media, 90% of the time when we hear of a crime committed, it is committed by an African American. Because our media is relaying these negative stereotypes, we subconsciously begin to believe them.
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Yes but, not all rap songs are about that negitive stereotype though. I mean yes alot of songs are like that but some of the songs hit some serious issues. Such as Kanye West's song Diamonds are Forever, Grits-Ooh Ahh, and so on. Kanye's song brings up the topic of the "Blood Diamonds" in Africa and Grits' song is about The Lord. I do agree that many songs are about that type of stereotype but some of those rappers did grow up in harsh areas and that is all they know.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's my 2 cents.