Lately‚ there has been a lot of commotion about the assumption that specific kinds of music are wrongly influencing the younger generation‚ mainly focusing on Hip Hop artists such as Lil Wayne‚ Jay-Z‚ and Eminem. Some people are even going so far as to blaming Hip Hop for the most horrific and violent events of our time. Researchers‚ parents and other adults of the generation before claim that this music has a negative effect on their children. I disagree with this accusation and in the remainder
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The Gangs In Our Communities By: Adam Taylor What set do you claim? Isn’t that a question we all hear at some point in our school years and maybe sometimes even after. Well I remember being in elementary school and not having to worry about nothing but recess. Those were the days of no worries and no stress. Then came middle school and that’s when things begin to change. Middle school is more about who you hang out with and how you dress. That’s where most of it starts. At the level of middle
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How music affects people’s moods Music can change a person’s mood in few seconds‚ let him recall a certain past situation that happened to him clearly and can change his mental state. Even though most people believe that motivating music will motivate the person who listens to them still there are certain points that if were not taken into consideration then the motivating music will have no good impact on the person’s mood or can even have a negative impact!! Hove you ever asked yourself why
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Sexism in Music There are countless forms of media out there that are in one way or another degrading and offensive towards women. The one that is of most interest to me is music. Whether songs are blatantly sexist and downright rude to women‚ like many rap songs‚ or overtly offensive such as many rock and roll songs‚ women are commonly demeaned by lyrics in countless songs throughout the ages. I don’t even listen to rap music because it is particularly offensive to women‚ more so than any genre
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(Shakur‚ Sanyika). For the past four decades gangs have populated the streets of Los Angeles; growing from 18 to 60 from 1972 to 1978‚ and from 155 to 270 gangs from 1982 to 1996. The bloods and crips in Los Angeles are predominately African Americans; with the exceptions of about four gangs which reside in Long Beach‚ Carson‚ Compton‚ and Inglewood and they consist of Samoan and members from Tongan descent. Gangs aren’t just an urban city problem but gangs have reached out to suburban and rural areas
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phenomenon of female juvenile gangs in Hong Kong and evaluate its explanation’. In Hong Kong‚ female gangsters occupy a very small proportion of gang population‚ only 6% in 2001. However‚ the number of girl gangsters has an increasing trend that rises to 15% in 2005. Girls are also involved in gang activities more actively than before. There are three main parts in this paper. The first part focuses on the definitions of ‘functionalist point of view’ and ‘female juvenile gangs’. Features of girl gangsters
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1. A gang is a group of people who claim a territory and use it to make money through illegal activities (i.e. drug trafficking) 2. Gangs can be organized based upon race‚ ethnicity‚ territory‚ or money-making activities‚ and are generally made up of members ages 8 to 22. 3. Members of gangs wear specific articles of clothing to be recognized as part of the group such as bandanas‚ hats‚ scarves of certain colors‚ or gang-related tattoos or symbols. 4. Gangs are one of the leading factors
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investigation will show how rap and punk music shouldn’t be considered hoodlum music. There is no set definition for a way music is supposed to be. “One of the most difficult art forms to define‚ music is also one of the most admired art forms.” (Buzzle 2015) Music shouldn’t be looked down upon because mass media has made a mockery of both genres. The problem is that people often denounce the music before even listening to them music. This is important because all forms of music should be respected. The
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been calculated that American kids see about 200‚000 acts of violence and 25‚000 murders on television by the time they reach age eighteen." (Schleifer 18) Arrests of people under the age of eighteen for violent crimes rose forty-seven percent from 1988 to 1992. (Miller 174) The American Medical Association conducted a study that found a direct relationship between viewing and homicide. (Miller 176) Does this kind of overexposure to violence have a significant effect on children and teenagers? The answer
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This definition shares some homogeneous attributes with the definition of the Euro gang Network with its reference to durability‚ territorial space or geographical orientation and more significantly a unique youth group identity that fixates on violent and illegal activities. On the other hand‚ albeit any group of young people can be defined as a gang‚ it is their criminal and violent activities that engender fear and as a result‚ it is perceived as problematic in society (HM Government‚ 2010). Equally
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