Hip Hop Generation Chunk#3

Hip Hop Generation and Politics?
In the final chapters of "Hip Hop Generation" by Bakari Kitwana discusses the hip hop generation trying to get into the political stage. There are many actvist and groups in activsm trying to get the youth to vote and get into politics. There were movements like the Million Man March and The Million Youth March and rappers like Common, KRS-One, The Goodie Mob, etc. would give funding to these movements; even old generationers like Jesse Jackson and Danny Glover helps the hip hop generation to reach there cause. The activist group were the NOI (Nation Of Islam), CHHANGE (Conscious Hip Hop Activism Necessary for Global Empowerment), and of course the NAACP. These groups also fought to stop police brutality against; that was one of the things that was getting out of control. There are even Black police officers that beat black people. A man named DeLacy Davis founded an organization called B-CAP (Black Cops Against Police Brutality). He witnessed many police beatings but was afraid to do anything about. He was inspired to do this by a speech spoken by Dhoruba Bin Wahad, a former Black Panther. "I know there are Black police officers in this room. If you punks won't stand up and defend your community, at least give us the information we need to defend ourselves." These words gave him the courage to fight back against the abusive officers. Activist fought for many things, especially to get blacks into politics. Russell Simmons tired to get more blacks to go and vote democrat. Even though he wasn't successful he gave motivation to other rappers such as LL Cool J and Lil Kim to help him help the youth."Ninety percent of the racial debate is really about economics. If we frame the dicussion in terms of growth, jobs, the economy, we can move beyond the racial battleground."-Jesse Jackson. Bikari Kitwana goes deep into the hip hop generation providing anecdotes and asking the opinions of other hip hop generationers on the topics in which he discusses. This book gave me insight on our generation and the past we've had in the past and the ones we face now.
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Question: After reading Hip Hop Generation what do you think our generation has to do to fix our problems, if you believe their are any, and what will you do to get others to join?