bell hooks Pt 8 cultural criticism (rap music)

renowned intellectual bell hooks examines popular culture in the context of patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalism.

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[yendorification]

The moral of the story is mainstream hip hop has become a minstrel show designed to make blacks look ghetto, and white youth control what hip hop artists do by virtue of thier purchasing power

[Shaquan Young]

Color caste systems are being overtly affirmed.

I've said this years ago.

Mainstream media is re-introducing this idea into our minds. Just look at the fact that the music industry & Hollywood ONLY showcases light-skinned/ or mixed women in the forefront.

Most Black men who "favor" that say things like "oh, its just a preference".

But thats mental conditioning.

Yes, Black people support these images,... but thats because we've been conditioned by the powers who control our society.

[Wiliam Noliviera]

in truth though it goes further than that because the industry is jewish-owned and witchcraft permeates the mafia-like culture of hollywood and music. my indian professor says bollywood is run by "the underworld"... it's the nature of the world, the power of music, "the prince of the power of the aire". from the first bluesmen to the rappers, there is a battle of good and evil because music is a spiritual weapon.

[jahguide1122]

Where´s part 7?

[dailoh90]

I would deny that there really should be anything that exists called "blackness", just as I would with "whiteness", especially since there are members of both races in both race cultures. There are white kids who are ghetto and there are black kids in the burbs. I'd also disagree that rap right now is thug, there's hardly any thug rappers anymore, they've just stopped with the advocacy. I don't have a problem with hedonism, and what you're talking about sounds like the demonizing of promiscuity.

[dailoh90]

The implication here is that rappers make their music based on what sells, which is false causation. The music sells based on what's in it. Now why does anything that involves sex not confined to monogamy automatically become "sexist" to a feminist? Why is it sexist to want to have sex with random women? Why is it "objectifying" when a man says that he just wants sex from women, but it's "sexual liberation" when a woman is promiscuous? Feminist hypocrisy :/

[2pacioa]

i love what she is saying here, but how can we not as a society and living in a place where this kind of female behavior is tolerated not just "embrace" it? or at the very least accept the fact that this sort of objectification of women might be a persistent thread in our culture. How can someone fight something like this when it may seem like a losing battle?

[RonQE]

She may CLAIM this.

But whenever you hear rap being blasted from a car or a window, by some black ghetto-wannabe kid, is the misogynistic, obscene, violent, vile rap.

It's not the white suburban kids or the media which is spreading this image. It's young BLACK kids.

Her comments don't reflect the facts.

[prariespring]

such a genius

[Corey Bertelsen]

I disagree with her point at 4:17; questions of authenticity can still apply if artists (even within the "machinery") still treat themselves as artists. It's unlikely for musicians at that level to retain their integrity over their label's wishes, but there are certainly exceptions.

By and large it's another reason to stick to the indies and the underground.