Hip Hop Generation Chunk#2

In Bakari Kitwana's "Hip Hop Generation" he discusses the crisis Black men and Black women are in. In Chapter 4 "Where Did The Love Go" it talks about men and the names they call women: bitch, hoe, skank, chicken head, etc... "The use of the terms nigga, bitch, hoe, by Black men and women to address one another has permeated our colloquial language." There is no more love between African American men and women anymore. "That Black males' sexist attitudes and gender conflicts have persisted as one of rap's dominant themes for more than a decade suggest the extent to which these issues resonate with young black men." Rap and the gender war go hand and hand. He goes on to talk about the sexual abuse case that Mike Tyson and Tupac Shakur were involved in. "Both cases cut the core our generation's thoughts about gender." These two African American were heroes in the African American Community. They both went to jail ,but got even more love for what happened, they only lost respect from a little few. Many people have the same views on the gender issue as the hip hop/rap artists. In Chapter 5 "Young, Don't Give A Fuck, And Black:Black Gangster Films" Bakari Kitwana talks about all the "hood" movies made in the 1990's beginning with "Boyz N Da Hood." These movies portray the lives of young African Americans and the choices they have to make to survive in such an environment. There are many movies like this such as "Menace II Society", "Harlem Nights," "Juice," and "New Jack City." After the movie is released someone makes another one that's even more violent than the last. "Aside from rap artists, films released between 1991 and 2001 that depicted gun-toting, ruthless, violent, predatory Blacks killing other Blacks have been the most effective medium for defining and disseminating the new Black youth culture." Have you heard someone say "Why you gotta act black?" ? What does "acting black" mean. It means be ghetto, ignorant, arrogant, be loud and dumb. This is how all the other races see us as. Instead of becoming successful by getting an education and graduating from college, most Black people would rather sell drugs, have sex with hos, and be like the "Boyz N Da Hood" which is very sad. No wonder we don't get any respect from the other races...
Tone: Serious
Vocabulary: None
Questions: How and what kind of influence does hip hop have on the black youth?
If hip hop was never created, do you think Black people would be in the situation their in today? Explain.