A Rhetorical Analysis of “Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women” Divan Ealy September 25‚ 2013 ENGL 1123 9-9:50am The article “Hip-Hop Betrayal of Black Women” was written by Jennifer McLune and appeared in Z magazine Online in the July 2006 issue. McLune argues that sexism in hip-hop’s culture is a big part and has helped make the industry what it is today. This article can be divided into 5 different sections. In the first section‚ she talks about Kevin Powell and how he
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16 February 2012 Rhetorical Analysis of “Hip Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women” In “Hip Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women”‚ McLune addresses the influence of hip hop’s choice of words towards African American women and females. McLune’s article is written in response to Powell’s opinions in “Notes of a Hip Hop Head”‚ along with various other hip hop artists‚ that black females are the leading cause of poverty and racism why black men undertake racism and poverty‚ as if women do not face these struggles
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World” In her essay “Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women” Jennifer McLunes states that “Hip-hop owes its success to the ideology of woman-hating”(222). She states that hip-hop condones an attitude of objectification‚ sexism‚ and homophobia. That rarely does an artist break the mold of rampant sexism. While she is right that some lyrics may be interpreted as chauvinistic and perhaps even sexist‚ this is not majority of the music. McLunes argument is not valid because hip-hop’s artists‚ the environment
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light on a situation that many people consider not being relevant. “Celie’s Revenge: Hip Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women” written by Jennifer McLune relates to the feelings of many women in today’s society. Being referred to as bitches and hoes in the music that we hear every day‚ on the radio‚ TV‚ etc.‚ is a disgrace to all whether they feel so or not. This article is a response to Kevin Powell’s article “Notes of a Hip Hop Head”. In his article‚ Kevin states “just as it was unfair to demonize men of
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Middleton Comp I 25 Sept. 2011 Hip Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women The Hip Hop music industry is infamous for being controversial. In the article Hip Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women there’s a debate on whether the exploitation and constant verbal slander of women should be acceptable just because it sales records. It presents the question that why is it that male poverty breeds sexism? Even though women may have lived in the same environment males still see women as the enemy in their music in an
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Howard 23 October 2013 Hip Hop’s Portrayal of Black Women Hip hop has changed drastically over the course of years. In the earlier ages‚ Hip hop artists valued plenty of originality by creatively expressing themselves in a positive way to their surroundings. Now it seems as if artists are preying on women as if they’re animals by lacking its true originality and being ran over by commercialism. Hip hop represents a tree gradually losing its leaves over time. Somehow‚ the hip hop culture has evolved
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Cheyenne Gaines Dione Sibley Freshman Comp 12:30- 1:50 Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women Analytical Summary In Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women published in Z Communications online magazine July 1‚ 2006‚ Jennifer Mclune responds to Kevin Powell’s Notes of a Hip Hop Head by vividly expressing to feminist and African American women that “Hip Hop owes its success to the ideology of woman hating. It creates‚ perpetuates‚ and reaps the rewards of objectification.” In Powell’s quote he begins
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especially for black women. Even with many new genres arising from the contemporary music scene ‚ hip-hop has maintained it’s leading popularity. In Jennifer McLune’s “Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women”‚ Hip-Hop is portrayed as a negative contender in the advocacy of female activism. Through the argument in this article‚ it can be understood that hip-Hop music more often that not‚ degrades women and what it means to be female. Any person who has taken time to listen to more than one Hip-Hop‚ or rap
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many black women feel that many or even all black men are being stolen by the Caucasian women. Most black women believe that it is best for there to be pure black couples so the generation can evolve. Others say that while that black women are angry because they have been hurt by black men leaving them for women. But my opinion‚ like others‚ is that I don’t really care as much or even bother to think about interracial couples. The essay‚ “Betrayal” by Bebe Campbell is about a group of women coming
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“Black Women VS Hip-Hop” Crystal Smith once wrote that “Images of black women in hip-hop culture make it more likely for them to be viewed as targets to be defaced and abused.” This statement is confirmed true there are many African American women in the hip-hop culture that are disrespected or abused in some type of way during the making of a video or even the lyrics of a song. There are many ways African American women of the hip-hop culture are being abused and disrespected. Some video women
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