Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Week 8 Blog #2

Oops, I may have answered the question wrong :)
I'm going to try again.

I think that the popular culture example that best depicts the Black/African in African American culture would be music. Today rap and hip-hop have become very mainstream. It not only can be seen through the music being produced, but also in the clothing being worn. One thing that is really interesting about rap and hip-hop in today's culture is that it is not only to entertain, but it is also used to express political/religious/cultural ideas as a form of resistance.
Here's an example of music being used as resistance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hw-4f2udFA
This is Ploylessness by muMs

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