Hiphop Racial Equality
One of the country that strongly promotes racial equality is the United States. The United States have had the protests against inequality ever since the slave trade began, and they are always fighting for the equality among all human race. In fact, they are also the country that receives most of the immigrants every year. However, contradictory to this receptive image of the America, most of the people first think of the US when they think of the word racism. And perhaps, this long-lasting inequality in the United States had began as the Columbus discovered the land of North America. Like this, the apparent racism have disappeared from most of the world. Nevertheless, the racism still exists all around us in our daily lives at all kinds of
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Similarly, for their way, African Americans have chosen hiphop as a mean of expressing themselves. Hiphop was originated from Harlem, the ghetto located in New York city, during the 1970s. Severe racism existed at that time, so they expressed their fear for the society in their lyrics, accompanying with some dances, to expressed their desire for the freedom. Although it somehow looks queer and bizarre, African americans also had certain constraint and rules in their wrapping: Hiphop was more like a poem, rappers made their lyrics rhyme and used this artistic way to show their own cultures and panted for their freedom. Hiphop also help united the African American people at that harsh period of time.
However, many people criticize hiphop as something violent and inappropriate for the children. But this is not true. People tend to criticize something that have adverse idea with them, so basically, them criticizing such way of expressing freedom can be seen as a stereotype.
If people argue that such expressive hiphop culture as something violent, then I would ask that what else that music should be used for the nonviolent protest? People might mention Gandhi, but i see no difference. Gandhi
Similarly, for their way, African Americans have chosen hiphop as a mean of expressing themselves. Hiphop was originated from Harlem, the ghetto located in New York city, during the 1970s. Severe racism existed at that time, so they expressed their fear for the society in their lyrics, accompanying with some dances, to expressed their desire for the freedom. Although it somehow looks queer and bizarre, African americans also had certain constraint and rules in their wrapping: Hiphop was more like a poem, rappers made their lyrics rhyme and used this artistic way to show their own cultures and panted for their freedom. Hiphop also help united the African American people at that harsh period of time.
However, many people criticize hiphop as something violent and inappropriate for the children. But this is not true. People tend to criticize something that have adverse idea with them, so basically, them criticizing such way of expressing freedom can be seen as a stereotype.
If people argue that such expressive hiphop culture as something violent, then I would ask that what else that music should be used for the nonviolent protest? People might mention Gandhi, but i see no difference. Gandhi