Fear of a Black Planet

The bulk transmission of items from areas such as eating, trends, athletics, movies, music, health, beauty, and entertainment has a major impact on many American lives. Entertainment is a luxury we may enjoy in life. The Hip Hop culture has contributed much to the entertainment we see and hear daily. I would like to specifically address the musical form of entertainment with a song by Public Enemy called “Fear of a Black Planet” (htt4). There are three different ways to interpret music; 1.) dominant, 2.) negotiated, and 3.) oppositional (Sorrells). In the dominant (hegemonic) interpretation, the decoded message is the same as the encoder meant it to be understood. “Are you afraid of the mix of Black and White We're livin' in a land where The law say the mixing of race Makes the blood impure She's a woman I'm a man But by the look on your face. See ya can't stand it” is a verse from this song. It implies that ethnic races are evolving and some people just do not agree with the blending of ethnic backgrounds. When people refer to media images in everyday conversations, privileged ideological themes are articulated and validated (Lull, 2000). Now that I explained the Dominant interpretation, I will…

essay, as theorised by Foucault, the dominant discourse in America during the time of Public Enemy was the culture of racism. This racism was perpetuated in many ways which served to keep the black community oppressed. Attitudes of Americans with post-colonial mind-set, negative ideologies reinforced cultural hegemony through the media, the social and political policies of the Reagan Administration, all these elements formed the dominant discourse which served to keep social classes divided,…

Colombiana, directed by Oliver Megaton and written Luc Besson, is an action-packed movie that was released on August 26, 2011. The movie is about a young Colombian woman named Cataleya, who witnessed her parents get murdered as a child, who then grows up to be an assassin to take revenge on the people who murdered her parents. The movie has a sexy touch due to its lead being Zoe Saldana, an American actress that has appeared in many great movies such as Avatar, Star Trek, and Drumline. Although,…

large to us but compered to a black hole they are extremely minute. The idea of earth being swallowed by a black hole is terrifying one. One of the things that we fear most about black holes is how little we know about them. We know that they have incredibly strong gravitational force. By the time you got anywhere near it your atoms would have been ground up and used to fuel the black hole. It is this fear of the unknown that is the scariest thing about a black hole. How could we mitigate the…

The Medium shows them Earth, and they see that the same Black Thing that was blotting out the stars is also wreathing their own planet. The Medium shows them the Black Thing in a different part of the universe, and they watch as a star sacrifices itself to destroy the Black Thing. They realize that Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which were all once stars, and gave up their starry lives in battle with the Black Thing. Now the Medium wants to show them something happy, so she shows them their…

code indented in the dust in his daughter's room and translated it into coordinates to an unknown location. He travels with his daughter to the location and gets interrogated by people he does not know once he arrived there. He eventually finds out its NASA and a man by the name Professor Brand asks him to fly a spacecraft through a wormhole that could contain possible planets for humans to…

Poaching is not something just found in books, it is a real problem. Illegal poaching is a huge problem for white rhinos because of their horns’ highly value, their skin is cherished by hunters, and as a species they are on the verge of extinction. In the book Teddy is secretly assigned to the mission of finding the criminal. Watching a video clip from the monorail camera Teddy and the security force discover that the shooter was actually a female. Although making advances in the search,…

Mars, a red desolate planet,(appositive) is the setting of “ The Martian”. As the setting moves on it starts with the dark atmosphere along with suspenseful music as the dust storm approaches. Our strong-willed (hyphenated word) protagonist, Mark Watney, is humorous and shows high intelligence throughout the movie. The catalyst of the events of the movie is a dangerous dust storm that threatens the lives of the crew members on Mars. During the dust storm the lighting becomes very dark and sets…

evidence that could verify the presence of aliens on Earth. These men are known as the men in black. Thanks to the similarly titled comedy blockbuster, Men in Black that was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, the conspiracy theory of these secret agents were brought to light. Much like in reality the film shows two agents identified as agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) and agent Jay (Will Smith)—obviously dressed in black suits and ties—working for a highly funded yet unofficial government agency. The…

tool to the individuals who had color issue who need to be a part of finishing those holes in our society. I really wiched that Sun Yung have talked more about how hard it was for her to be adapted in family that had a different race then her. Also she express things that she can't tell the world about how diest feel to adopted. she had talked about her life and make more interested in this book.Each writers had expressed himself in different ways . The important point of store is the…