It's Tuesday.
It's not Monday anymore.
Woo-hoo!
Anyway, we're a week away from Marting Luther King Day and two weeks deep into our unit on civic engagement. One of the most important exercises in civic thinking is the discussion over what we'd like our community's values to be and how to ensure those values become a reality.
Fortunately for us, there's a free event at the Garland Theater tonight from 6 - 8 on this very topic. Specifically, tonight's event pits the progressive vision of Dr. King against the exploitative and often times demeaning culture of modern Hip - Hop. To learn more about this debate and the event going on tonight, please read this article and post your thoughts below.
A paragraph should be plenty.
See you at the Garland,
-Ned-
10 comments:
I think that hip-hop may have started with good intentions, but as we all know, those pave the road to hell. What it may have meant when it began has been corrupted and blown out of proportion.
Hip-hop stars are most likely deluded into thinking that what they say and sing are making no difference and that it's just music, but nothing is ever 'just' anything. Not only does hip-hop leave a bad taste in my mouth, but it leaves a bad image of African-Americans in the minds of Americans.
well ned, ned faldeley, ned almighty, ned protector of all dark and evil. Clinton lover.
Ok i think hip hop kinda ruined everything that martin luther king stood for. The Hip hop community exploited everything he stood for.
Hip hop has probaly like three rappers outta a hundred that rap positively. Other rap the mainstream rap thats on tv and radios is rap that talks about girls sex drugs and respect. How does that help the community. And the thing about it is that all the kids are trying to immitate the rich and famous. The media is what makes it look glamorous as they shove it down your throat.
Im not for hip hop and what it stands for.
I think that all that Katara will say tonight is true all rappers today talk about degrating women and drugs exc... I will be going tonight!,Miranda
Oh boy, here we go once again.
The Hippty hoppty noise that pours out of most car radios is a style of music that you would not bring home to mama...unless mama is a big lady living ina ghetto and munching on babys (bias.) Yet what does the hip-hop coulture have to do with civil rights. In my opinion its a form of music like that of country or metal is. None them advocate civil rights save indevidual artists who bank on being at one extreem or the next. I just say whatevers.*******ooh stars.
Ned,
50 cent,cris brown "new song Kiss Kiss"DJ Khaled,and many others
It is sad that hip hop has been desecrated by the forces of industry. I beliave this has happened because there is a market for it. As long as people are buying the produts of modern hip hop the producers of these products will keep making. This process will continue as long as Amerians have the 1st amendment right.
i like tigers stuck up babies!
i feel that the rap today is horrible compared to what it was origanaly ment to be used as.
I belave that if marten luther king was alive now that he would feel ashamed at what he sees today. many raps are about drugs and fighting and girls. but martin luther king had said the i have a dream speach for the freedome of them not to have to be this way.
Go listen to Saul Williams and/or Immortal Technique.
Haters.
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