Thursday, August 30, 2012

Assignment 1-3-3 Rituals & Stereotypes 8-29-12


In the Hip-Hop culture there are multiple stereotypes that are prominent forces to overcome by everyone who embraces this culture.  Regardless if you are a music artist, video model, or even a fan you are subjected to these stereotypes throughout society.  These negative factors are the foundation of the stereotypes.  Because of the fact that rappers rap about things that they have lived, seen or witnessed and most of those things were involving alternative activity.   Society has judged everyone who makes music like that as either a thug, hoodlum, ghetto and all drug dealers.  That is not always the case.  I believe that because the some of the music is that particular person’s testimony doesn’t make it right that society judges all rappers the same.  The fact that a few of the rappers that society has judged before are now successful and revered entertainers or businesspersons is evidence that everything is not negative.  Regardless of it’s in movies or music hip-hop culture is everywhere.  Hip-hop music is no more negative or aggressive than other types of music; it’s just that society has generalized that culture as having the most negative messages. 
Hip hop began as a way of expressing situations in a person’s life, and even addresses social issues from a different perspective, but being ignorant about the culture and people who are in it is no excuse for making stereotypes.  Although there have been tremendous strides taken in the advancement of understanding the culture.  If society would get to know and understand the culture in depth I believe these stereotypes will finally be put to rest.

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