... There are roughly 1 million total housing units, 43.8% owner occupied, and 56.2% is renter occupied. The average household size is 2.67 persons. These figures don't show wide, population of homeless, and transient people in the city. Of the population recorded that are 16 and over, 6.2% are unemployed. 16.6% of ... now they have become centers for crime, violence, and gang activity. Many of the problems that plagued the housing is: 1.Managerial neglect. The CHA failed to maintain the buildings. People lived with litter in their darkened hallways , graffiti, malfunctioning elevators, exp...

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... to be an accident that even as Ellison's hero asserts the "infinite possibilities" he makes no attempt to identify them. The Sambo dolls are something that can also be looked upon as being deeper than they seem. Sambo dolls are paper dolls that are described by a man as being: "Shake it up! Shake it up! He's Sambo, the dancing doll, ladies and gentlemen ... , he'll make you sigh, si-igh. He'll make you want to dance and dance- Here you are, ladies and gentlemen, Sambo, The dancing doll - pg. 431 The Sambo dolls are a white paper doll attacked to black or "invisible- string, which enables...

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... "anything goes" period of the 90's." (Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, 1999). During the last decade critics have brought up controversial lyrics in some artists styles, like Eminem and vulgar and violent language, or the Dixie Chicks recent speak out against the president. The rising ... will beat" and "I slit my teenage wrist" are just a sample from two songs. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry the troublesome lyrics of some teen music: o Advocate and glamorize the abuse of drugs or alcohol o Present suicide as a "solution" o Display graphic violen...

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... Defense Fund addressed the issues of the psychological effects of segregation to combat Jim Crow. One of his most effective research tools, the use of brown and of white infant dolls, was developed in conjunction with his wife and research partner, Mamie Phipps Clark. Before Briggs v. Elliott, a case involving the segregation of blacks and whites, the Clarks used ... a series of tests with elementary school children attending segregated public schools. By questioning sixteen African Americans from Clarendon County Elementary School about the dolls, the Clarks formulated a method for det...

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... LISTENER"S BEHAVIOR? MICHELLE MACK The infamous rap artist, Tupac Shakur has a song entitled, "Bury Me a G," off his album, "Thugs Life, Volume 1". One collection of lyrics in this song states: "I got nothen to lose sos I choose to be a killer/ Went from bangin" to slangin"/ Now I"m a dope dealer/ All my a ... on gettin" tossed/ Popping rocks on the block was a past time/ Pack a 9 all the time" (qtd. in Pelley 3). What are these rap lyrics encouraging young people to do? They cause them to do negative things resulting in aggressive behavior. It encourages young people to be gangsters, cu...

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... rap has a history of making anti-gay music: " Homo's a no no, so faggots, stay solo though I can freak , fly, flow, f*ck up faggots don't understand their ways I ain't down with gays (Common, 2002)" The funny thing is almost every male artist has been suspect of being homosexual or bisexual. LLCool J, P. ... Diddy all of WuTang, and Jay"Z sexualities have been questioned even in the face of their hyper heterosexual song lyrics and music videos. But what if one of these suspected brothers were to come out of the closet just think if Jay"Z rapped about freakin a ... boy in the back of his...

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... this song to show patriotism and hope for the future considering the fact that they were dealing with racism. There was a lot of symbolism within these lyrics, which allowed African Americans to speak subtly against racial injustice. These civil rights songs sparked inspiration and hope for a generation. In 1939, renowned artist Augusta ... that I should say say 'em loud say 'em clear for the whole 'round world to hear." Nina Simone was wanted dead for her song lyrics, many whites had complained that it made blacks have pride and feel that they would eventually be equal and have a place ...

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... hated, but her adult voice explains how she "learned much later to worship her"." Claudia, as a child, never really understands the adoration of the other girls to love white baby dolls, but she also lacks understanding of why the blue-eyed baby doll is adored even by the grown-ups in her black community. When she gets a white doll for Christmas ... innocent girls in early ages. Then, she uses the voice of adult Claudia to explain why the young Claudia destroyed the doll: she did not know why she destroyed those dolls. But she did know that nobody ever asked her what she wanted for Chri...

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... is following right behind. "Bottoms Up," shows how much music can impact ones life. According to the editor, it is a rap/hip-hop tradition to rhyme about butts. In 1987, lyrics from Boogie Down Productions said, "Thought I saw Denise but I was only assum"/Took another look and that butt was boomin." Sir Mix-A-Lots famous words, "I like big butts and I cannot ... lie" also became a famous hit from its catching lyrics (144). These are just two of the many songs that rhyme about nice butts. If you stay updated with the urban culture, you will notice that every year a famous song ... they ...

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... and escape for the black community. Rap pushes the importance of mobility as a sign of freedom in African-American tradition and this resonates in hip-hop music (Stepto, 1991). Rap lyrics frequently reference breaking out, getting out (Perry, 2004). Hip-hop figures are a source of hope and inspiration to those that have been marginalized and ignored in society. Hip-hop has ... and they are taught the coping mechanisms and skills necessary to survive and thrive in such an environment (Degruy, 2005). A deeper examination of rap lyrics alludes to this positive racial socialization Dr. Degr...

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... think that they are inferior to others. During the Brown vs. Board of Education case, Kenneth Clark performed a doll test to prove the psychological damage in segregated children. "I presented these dolls to them and I asked them the following questions in the following order: "Show me the doll that you like best or that you'd like to play with," "Show me the ... better elementary and high schools, leading to the better universities. A young student comments to Jonathan Kozol, "Now you hear them sayin" on TV, "What's the matter with these colored people? Don't they care about their chil...

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... you here hip-hop. When the average person thinks of hip-hop music, they think of violent rap that's talking about killing and raping. People don't know that hip-hop wasn't created for the callous purpose in which it is represented in today. Hip-hop is more than just music; it ... image in order to succeed. Not true! Violence in the main element in gangster rap, these lyrical poets do have talent but if they could stray from lyrics about killing, they would receive more respect. " African-American youth nihilism stemmed from the rise in police brutality, the crack cocaine epidemic, and it...

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... we watch TV or a movie, there is some sort of stereoype occuring.. Currently on the radio, I would hazard to guess that half the songs are in hip-hop style. The lyrics of these few songs often lead to negative stereotypes of blacks. ("It's getting hot in here...so take of all your clothes."- Nelly, a black male.) I also would be willing to ... teenagers. This is not to say that all black songs are hip-hop, nor is it to say that all white songs are good, better, or even quality with decent lyrics. Nor does it say that one culture wants to be like another for whatever reason. The point is...

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... ? Did you really believe you were a little teapot? No, you didn't. It was just a silly song with a catchy melody. This goes for hip hop music as well. Most of us don't take the explicit sexism in Hip Hop personally because we know it doesn't define us. Jennifer McLune on the other hand disagrees with this nonchalant attitude completely. In "Celie ... credibility to offer an opinion of this music genre. This lack of credibility makes it appear as if McLune simply picks a song by Jay-Z that degrades women and slaps the lyrics in the article to use to prove her point. Although this article ...

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... , it will not be white. But it will be a part of you, instructor. You are white-- yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. That's American. Sometimes perhaps you don't want to be a part of me. Nor do I often want to be a part of you. But we are, that's true! As I learn from you, I guess you learn from me-- although ... , is partially black and exists as such, in addition to everything he is as a white professor. This felling without a complete definition that perturbs the Negro soul is reflected on the lyrics of Blues. So we see a poet struggling to find his identity as something separate...

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... beliefs and aspirations. One group is speaking of strength of a unit to stay together, and the other group is speaking of the strength of a man to be without companionship. Both lyrics and songs imply that " all ya gotta do is/Push it along,"" or keep striving for success. This theme of strength is the backbone of both groups' success. Using ones ... the Tribe and their music with those same gangster-rappers they try to distinguish themselves from. In the track "Push it Along,"" verse one, Q-tip methodically preaches to the audience, " I don' t think it is vital for me to be your idol- ...

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... , it will not be white. But it will be a part of you, instructor. You are white-- yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. That's American. Sometimes perhaps you don't want to be a part of me. Nor do I often want to be a part of you. But we are, that's true! As I learn from you, I guess you learn from me-- although ... , is partially black and exists as such, in addition to everything he is as a white professor. This felling without a complete definition that perturbs the Negro soul is reflected on the lyrics of Blues. So we see a poet struggling to find his identity as something separate...

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... Show also followed a certain structure. No matter what each episode was about, the show always started out with Heathcliff doing some sort of silly yet comical activity such has playing dolls with his grandchildren, or falling asleep on the couch. His wife usually would then scold him and then they would laugh. Next, one of the five children would walk in ... ...

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... . UNIA set up the Negro Factories Corporation to help the growth and development of self-reliance and black economy. The Negro Factories Corporation owned laundries, groceries, publishers, and factories making dolls, hats, and uniforms. This was one of the "largest black mass movement in the nation's history."" (Haskins 31) This was the biggest unified black movement that was successful. Each UNIA ... ...

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... . The 2nd is the novels central narrator Claudia McTeer. The 3rd is the social/ historical consciousness of an objective narrator who shows the reader the anger of Black lives (Bjork 39). There are many different themes that Morrison examines and explores in this novel. Taken place in 1941, she scrutinizes the society and model of life in that area. She reconnects ... they took the ugliness in their hands, threw it as a mantle over them, and went about the world with it. Dealing with it each according to his own way-(Morrison, 39) This cycle of rejection is developed further in the metap...

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... ). Near the end of the 1990's, rap became associated more and more with its negative manifestations, specifically "gangsta rap," but also very misogynistic, materialistic, violent, and over-sexualized lyrics and images. Hip-hop's multi-dimensional range of subjects, including politics, religion, comedy, social commentary, urban story telling, and social critique became underrepresented in mass media. "Notable rappers who ... ...

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... strength. These quaint songs were to the slaves more than a method for sending messages; they were a stimulus to courage and a tie to heaven for them. Slaves sang spirituals filled with lyrics about salvation and references to biblical figures like Moses, who led his people to freedom. Music was originally used to uplift the weary spirits and boost the happiness of some ... ...

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... impression on people, his second collection flew off. He wrote many books filled with his amazing poetry, including "Sympathy" and "We Wear Masks"(Miller 392). It was the publishing of "Lyrics of Lowly Life" that had made Dunbar a national literary figure. He struggled during his youth to support himself as a writer. In the poem "Sympathy" he cries out against the feeling ... ...

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... 's Jazz Poet, the chronicler of life in Harlem in the 1920s. Setting out to write about black Americans, Hughes created a body of work-poetry, fiction, journalism, essays, plays, and song lyrics. While decrying racism and the inequities it created for blacks and other minorities, Hughes called for cooperation among all races. With one ear tuned in to the voices he heard ... ...

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... kinds of art work. A young white aristocrat named Carl Van Vetchen also funded many artists. Bessie Smith was an incredibly popular Blues singer during the Harlem Renaissance. She employed suggestive lyrics coupled with a slow, sentious sound that earned her a place in history forever. She sold more that 700,000 copies in six months after her first record release, earning the title ... ...

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