1. Hip-Hop as a Social Movement
... the aftermath of an untelevised revolution, hip-hop continues in the tradition of its ancestry and pervasively force-feeds America the ugly truth about racism and class disparities experienced exclusively by African-Americans. Hip-hop is an organic expression of urban hip-hop culture; rap quietly became the distinctive sound of African-American anger, rebellion, cultural style and contemporary experience ... should be considered as a necessary tool to reach this particular subculture in America. Paulo Freire contends that the raising of critical consciousness in people who have been opp...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate