and the News. Thousand Oaks‚ Calif.: Sage Publications. Dates‚ Jannette. 1980. Race‚ Racial Attitudes and Adolescent Perceptions of Black Television Characters. Journal of Broadcasting‚ Fall‚ 24(4)‚ 549-560. Decker‚ Jefrrey Louis. 1993. The State of Rap: Time and Place in Hip Hop Nationalism. Social Text‚ 34‚ 53-84. 6 Farley‚ Reynolds‚ and Walter Allen. 1987. The Color Line and the Quality of American Life. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Gaddy‚ Gary D. 1986. Television’s Impact on High School Achievement
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Black Masculinity: Behaviors‚ Boundaries and Biology What is an ethnic group? An ethnic group is a human population whose members identify with each other‚ usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry . These ethnic groups are usually united by shared cultural values‚ common fields of communication‚ or religious practices. So perhaps the theory of Black masculinity can be considered an ethnic group. There is the obvious factors of being ‘Black’ and ‘male’ that connects these members
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Level 2 English: Visual Text essay for Tsotsi Describe important visual or aural symbol(s) in a visual text you have studied and analyse how the symbol(s) helped develop ideas in the text. In the film Tsotsi directed by Gavin Hood there were many important symbols. The film is about a young man‚ Tsotsi (a nickname which means thug) who lives a life of crime in Johannesburg‚ South Africa. The film is set in post-apartheid South Africa and shows a few days which change the life of the main
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Representation of Independent Women in Postmodern Music Postmodern music and dance encompasses popular music‚ rap and hip-hop where depictions of gender in these genres are controversial. Masculinity has always been prominent in postmodern music and dance. Attempts are also taken to broaden and deepen our knowledge of women’s roles and representations as women are increasingly engaged in music making (Bartlow & Hobson‚ 2008). “However‚ there is a troubling yet promising relationship between
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Tupac Shakur 1971-1996 Born: June 16‚ 1971 in New York‚ New York‚ United States Died: September 13‚ 1996 in Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ United States Ethnicity: African American Occupation: Rap Musician‚ Musician‚ Actor "Don’t shed a tear for me ... / I ain’t happy here / I hope they bury me and send me to my rest / Headlines readin’ murdered to death."--from "If I Die Tonight" on Me against the World (1995) BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY With his tattoo-splattered physique‚ piercing deep-set eyes‚ and shaved
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“Cocaine wasn’t new and neither was selling it. There had always been older dudes who grew their pinkie fingernails out to sniff coke. There were always down-low dealers who partied with their customers as they supplied them…. but for the most part doing coke was something that happened at private parties‚ something you might’ve of heard about but had never really seen.” (Jay-Z 18) Cocaine was a drug popular in the 80’s but was known to be very expensive. In the mid-1980 there became a smokable form
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Table of Contents Preface - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 Statement of the problem - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 Hypothesis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Body - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 Conclusion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 Recommendation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 Bibliography - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15
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Frederic Thrasher: Gang and Gang Typologies Frederic Thrasher was a sociologist at the University of Chicago. He was a colleague of Robert E. Park and was one of the most prominent members of the Chicago School of Sociology in the 1920s. He took a PhD in Chicago on gangs. The Gang‚ a study of 1313 gangs in Chicago‚ was published in 1927. It said that “neighborhoods in transition are breeding grounds for gangs.” (Thrasher‚ 1927) His work on gangs was a series of outstanding doctoral studies completed
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Christopher Wallace‚ was famously quoted saying that after a car crash he had previously been in. He went on to talk about how the accident had changed his perspective on life. He also mentioned his fears that came with the territory of him rapping “gangsta rap” and how dangerous it was. The verses Biggie had said during his career put him on the map as a very talented hip-hop artist. Sadly‚ his fame was short lived by his unsolved tragic death. Two explanations surrounding the mystery behind the death
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Musical Fame Corrine Palmer Upon many great musicians there are more that have fame just because of publicity. [Publicity is a deliberate attempt to manage the public’s perception of the musician (“Publicity‚” 2012‚ “Definition”). Usually in publicity they look at people such as politicians and performing artists‚ goods and services‚ organizations of all kinds‚ and works of art or entertainment. Publicity draws on to several key themes including birth‚ love‚ and death‚ this is important
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