I do not want this to turn into an all out flame war, so I'll make sure I phrase everything carefully.
There is no denying that much of the popular rap endorses violence, promiscuious sex, drug use, and overall vulgarity. To say that such things constantly listened to does not have an effect on the listener would be utter nonsense. If you would like proof, look up the Albert Bandura experiments. And, an effect on a large listening population would in turn have an effect on society. And, from what I have gathered through personal observartions, it is not a good effect.
There are also cases I have seen in which this has not happened. I have a very good friend who is very involved in the hip-hop scene (By the way, he is appalled by popular rap). He runs a show on our school radio station called the hip-hop spot. He is a phenomonal poet a great freestyler. He does not dress to fit in with the crowd, he does not talk like the rest of the crowd, he does not act like the rest of the crowd. So, I would submit, The croud is not dressing, talking, acting they way they do because of the Hip-hop culture, It's something else. Something thats not hip hop I.E. popular rap.
now to address some previous arguments
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Speak a type of slang or a different dialect around their friends than people speak in the suburbs? People shouldn't have to conform to what Corporate America defines as correct in order to be treated equally.
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When that dialect includes words that are vulgar and wholly unacceptable it is neccesary to conform. I witnessed a fight between two girls and a guy that are in this "culture" just yesterday which included a large amount of very unacceptable vulgarities. Will that be accepted in the business world, absolutely not, is it fair, definitely.
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Actually, you could probably shoot a black man and hardly get any time. Especially if you are a police officer. The only way you would get a really bad sentence is if they decided it was a hate crime.
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I think you are very, very misinformed. a hate crime is defined as: "a criminal offense committed against a person, property, or society which is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender's bias against an individual's or a group's race, religion, ethnic/national origin, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation." The "motivated ... In part" leaves a large "gray area", basically leaving it to the discression of the judge. I think the police officer comment was completely out of line. The majority of Police Officers are out there to protect everyone. Very few Police Officers harm others when it is not completely neccesary. But thats me ranting.
As for that sensitive word, the only problem I have is that people worked so hard to expell that word from the english language, only to have it brought back by prosterity. It just bothers me
I would just like to leave you with a thought from C.S. Lewis
"Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed"
Well, I think I've said all i have to say for now.
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