DOC 3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: White Flight, Redlining, Neoliberalism
Document Summary
Product of a specific environment at a particular time period that has been transformed by humans. Previous generation"s movements for liberations replaced with street gangs. Not just a particular style of music. Includes the way you talk, look, walk, and communicate. Born from a community devastated by a capitalist economic system and racist government officials. Two worlds of hip hop: mainstream and underground. Rap in the mainstream media of radio stations. Pro: allows music to flourish and let its artists freedom. Con: hip-hop activists for social change have been systematically marginalized and excluded from mainstream discourse. Corporate capitalism and neoliberal deregulation/privation have stolen the culture and reformatted it to reflect the dominant ideology. Social commentary replaced with corporate images of thugs, drugs, and racial prejudices with implicit and explicit hegemonic stereotypes. Urban black and latino youth written off by politicians. The act of speaking poetically and rhythmically over the beat.
