Essay 4 Hate Speech: Keenon Jackson

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Essay #4 Hate Speech Keenon Jackson, commonly known as YG, is a young African American from Compton, California who is affiliated with the Blood gang. Ermias Asghedom, better known as Nipsey Hussle, is a Mexican rapper from Los Angeles who associates with the Crip gang. They were able to come together to create a hip-hop song called, “F*ck Donald Trump”, which was symbolic in that despite being in opposing gangs, they saw themselves as an ethnic whole, threatened and demoralized by Donald Trump. The song began with a clip of an interview in which a young black girl was speaking on behalf of a group of black students who were kicked out of a school rally for the reason that the staff thought they would speak out of reference on the Trump racism

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