Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics – $450
by rgonzalezr
Rap’s critique of police brutality in the 1980s. The Hip Hop Political Convention. The rise (and fall) of Kwame Kilpatrick, the “hip-hop mayor” of Detroit. Barack Obama echoing the body language of Jay-Z on the campaign trail. A growing number of black activists and artists claim that rap and hip-hop are the basis of an influential new urban social movement. Simultaneously, black citizens evince concern with the effect that rap and hip-hop culture exerts on African American communities. According […]
Categories: Cultura, Hip-Hop, Sociología • Tags: 2011, African american, Culture, Discrimination, Hip-Hop, music, Racism, rap, Society, University of Minesota, US