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Originally posted by Dionysus
Get rid of rap/hip hop. Though it sounds good, it reinforces just about every stereotype of african-americans and it demeans women.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to do so.
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First: I gotta say that on one level I totally agree- I can't stand most of current POPULAR hip hop. It's mysoginy and materialism don't represent me, while pretending to be a black art form it caters almost exclusively to teenage white boys' fantasies.
That said, this is what I was referring to earlier. I gotta say that the responsibility of art is to itself. THose images, while appalling in my eyes, have their place. To get rid of them would leave the cultural landscape poorer, if only because hip hop contributes and has historically contributed a great deal to defining the experience of urban Black Americans.
You can't get rid of hip hop, it's only a symptom of underllying problems. You have to get rid of the problems in our community that have allowed the images of black women to be degraded for centuries, and the family to be broken since the first African set foot on these shores.
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