Gilbert Scott-Heron was an African-American author, poet, musician, and composer. Furthermore, Scott-Heron was very active in the soul, jazz, and hip-hop genre. Scott-Heron released this the poem “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” at the age of twenty-one and has been sampled by multiple singers such as Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Common, Queen Latifah and more. Revolution defines a fundamental change in political power or organizational structures that takes place when the population rises up in revolt against the current authorities. The poem did not speak as an individual but as an entire community. Also, it channeled the way people felt, saw, and heard in their discriminated against everyday life, yet believed that their voices will one day be heard worldwide.
The poem compares the United States of American consumerism and revolution in a humorous way. For example, "The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal, the revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner." The two verses reveal that that you don’t hear what you need to hear on the news, but only hear what the government wants you to hear. Moreover, regular citizens of America, especially African American minorities, will not be publicly televised …show more content…
Matthew Cella and Allan Neuhauser states that black people have consistently accounted for close to half the country's homicide victims, making up more than 50 percent of the broader pool of those killed overall every year since 2010. The number of black victims increased 15 percent in 2015 over 2014 (Race and Homicide 1). However, you are forced to go through obstacles to find reliable information on African Americans though books and various internet searching due to the lack of representation ad enlightenment of the black race on the television. African- American gradually overcome this issue to make several black owned channels, clothing, newspaper, and
The poem compares the United States of American consumerism and revolution in a humorous way. For example, "The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal, the revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner." The two verses reveal that that you don’t hear what you need to hear on the news, but only hear what the government wants you to hear. Moreover, regular citizens of America, especially African American minorities, will not be publicly televised …show more content…
Matthew Cella and Allan Neuhauser states that black people have consistently accounted for close to half the country's homicide victims, making up more than 50 percent of the broader pool of those killed overall every year since 2010. The number of black victims increased 15 percent in 2015 over 2014 (Race and Homicide 1). However, you are forced to go through obstacles to find reliable information on African Americans though books and various internet searching due to the lack of representation ad enlightenment of the black race on the television. African- American gradually overcome this issue to make several black owned channels, clothing, newspaper, and