Why is Hip Hop violent Flashcards
1
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What is central to American Identity
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Violent Male is central to the idea of american masculinity. Jesses James, John Wayne, American Frontier, the Gun to defend family. -Hip Hop Beyond Beats and Rhymes.
2
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Hip Hop was created in the Ghetto
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Bronx, South-Central LA, very violent places -Hip Hop Beyond Beats and Rhymes.
3
Q
Black Men denying their own fragility
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Been going on since slavery, it is generally not cool to admit to the hard times. -hip hop…
4
Q
WHen you don’t have real power
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you posture yourself as having power, but if you are rich you don’t have to do that. - hip hop..
