Hip Hop Wars Analysis

In the essay ”Hip-Hop wars”, Tricia Rose focuses on the debate in hip-hop about sexism and discrimination. Sexism in hip-hop can be divided into two groups. People in the first group use hip-hop’s sexism as a way to strengthen the image that black people are strange and subordinate, and facilitate anti-feminist situations. People in the other group are liberals who like hip-hop, they concern about sexism because hip-hop heavily relies on it. The images that degradation of black women is strongly rooted in white conservatism and black religious. It encourages black women to counter the mainstream culture and find their own values in the society. The essay “R.E.S.P.E.C.T-But Not the Kind Aretha Franklin Had in Mind” implies that the mainstream
However, if black men hurt women through male violence, then they should save themselves and the race by resisting. Many progressive women realize they should criticize the disadvantages of hip-hop rather than keep silence. They also find the women who love hip-hop can become great leaders that create terms to protect black women from attack. However, the public debates on hip-hop always keep black women out of the conversation who are supposed to be the most powerful individuals to object the hip-hop. If normal people comment too much on hip-hop, then others will think they are anti-hip hop. Moreover, if these people comment on aspects other than sexism in hip-hop, it will make those artists who insulate women become more powerful. Progressive black feminist should be the central of the debate, and then the public will focus on sexism and take steps to protect black women. As many women are ignored in the hip-hop war, they decide to make change to gain extensive attention. For example, many women play in clubs until they hear songs that are very offensive, and then they will leave at the same time. This strategy is very useful to eliminate sexism because it can attract more women to join in and gain attentions from others in the club. And then others will find something is wrong and they will realize those offensive songs are bad. Public debates always turn things into a “blame and explain” situation where one group blame and the other side explain, but it does not solve the sexism in the hip-hop. Thus, when talking about hip-hop, people should put black women in the central of the debate because these women have the strongest power to depict how hip-hop influences them, and then the public will focus on how to free these women from