It is sad to say that today racism still exists. It appears that many times when my mother and I go into stores the employees ignore us or even treat us impolitely. For example, when we walk into a store nothing is said to us, no greeting, nothing. However, when a Caucasian or white person walks through the door, they receive a friendly greeting along with great customer service. This occurs because some Caucasians still have hatred towards African-Americans. In some instances, it is not just Caucasians that show impoliteness towards African-Americans, but also African Americans who show unkind behavior to each other. In “Hip Hop Planet” and “Black Men and Public Space” society determines the identity by race.
In both articles the authors mention that Black people and their music come off as a threat to those who are around them. They both see African-Americans as being troublesome. Brent Staples mentions in “Black Men and Public Space” that they lock their doors when an African-American male walks past because they are afraid. Society sees Black men as rapists, or muggers, instead of greatly educated human beings. In a similar article James McBride writes in “Hip Hop Planet,” “The music that was once the purview …show more content…
Society saw the genre, formally known as hip-hop, as being negative until a variety of races came together in New York to listen to this particular type of music. I believe that hip-hop can be being good or bad, but it is meant to tell a story. McBride writes, through hip-hop they were able to come together as a community “ The Bronx became a music magnet for Puerto Ricans, Jamaican, Dominicans, and Black Americans from the surrounding areas.” In New York the teens use what we call graffiti to express themselves. The graffiti shows the art aspect of hip-hop. All races have different opinions on the art of
In both articles the authors mention that Black people and their music come off as a threat to those who are around them. They both see African-Americans as being troublesome. Brent Staples mentions in “Black Men and Public Space” that they lock their doors when an African-American male walks past because they are afraid. Society sees Black men as rapists, or muggers, instead of greatly educated human beings. In a similar article James McBride writes in “Hip Hop Planet,” “The music that was once the purview …show more content…
Society saw the genre, formally known as hip-hop, as being negative until a variety of races came together in New York to listen to this particular type of music. I believe that hip-hop can be being good or bad, but it is meant to tell a story. McBride writes, through hip-hop they were able to come together as a community “ The Bronx became a music magnet for Puerto Ricans, Jamaican, Dominicans, and Black Americans from the surrounding areas.” In New York the teens use what we call graffiti to express themselves. The graffiti shows the art aspect of hip-hop. All races have different opinions on the art of