I
enjoyed reading chapter 7 of Tricia Rose’s The
Hip-hop Wars as it swayed my opinion slightly on Rap’s relationship with
sexism and women. I was very much in favor of freedom of expression (one of the
issues tackled in the chapter) but reading the chapter has made me realize
while rappers should be allowed to demean women, if this is how they wish to
express themselves, it doesn’t mean they should or that it is ok. The chapter also
made me realize that censoring indecent words doesn’t change the overall
message that it sends youth; youth that admire rappers above all else. I
disagreed slightly however, that rap can’t contain sexist lyrics as a way to
show a true issue of sexism in our culture. While the chapter argues sexism
should be tackled at the root by rap I believe this in part has happened
through rap displaying how sexist our culture is. The problem really arises in
that not enough rappers are socially conscious enough to make it clear to their
fans that they can rap these lyrics and still have a great deal of respect for
women. This issue goes back to the
disconnect between how rappers act in their personas and in reality. Tricia
Rose has made me think a lot of social issues related to rap are cause by this
difference in personalities.
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