I attended the Cace Conference Literary Cafe at 6:00pm. in the EUC Alexander room. The opportunity to hear spoken word and poetry is what led me to the event. This event is related to African American studies due to the fact it featured poets and spoken word performances about African American history in the 21st century.
One of the featured artists on the program as D Noble. He recited a spoken word titled “In Search of Ourselves and Anti-rap”. The spoken word was about how rap portrays African American women as unequal to men. A line in the spoken word stated “Hip hop needs gender equality but rape remains”. This line references how men degrade women in hip hop music and how it is a form of rape. An example of a man degrading a woman would
One of the featured artists on the program as D Noble. He recited a spoken word titled “In Search of Ourselves and Anti-rap”. The spoken word was about how rap portrays African American women as unequal to men. A line in the spoken word stated “Hip hop needs gender equality but rape remains”. This line references how men degrade women in hip hop music and how it is a form of rape. An example of a man degrading a woman would