Primary Essay Concepts:
Hip hop + Race + Violence
Secondary Essay Concepts:
Hip hop as a social justice influence
Racial profiling
Black Lives Matter movement
Police brutality
(White) Privilege
Minority identity
Oppression
Cultural appropriation
(Political) Activism
Videos:
J.Cole “Be Free” 5 min (violence + race + hip hop)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VzpCmRtCL0
Macklemore “White Privilege II” 9 min (violence + race + hip hop)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_rl4ZGdy34
The Game “Don’t Shoot” 6 min (violence + race + hip hop) ** stop at 3 min mark**
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZyZV9mvllM
Macklemore interview (violence + race + hip hop)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sjhU2t9ocA&app=desktop
Azealia Banks interview (violence + race + hip hop + cultural appropriation + minority identity)
** stop at 5:45 min mark**
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PIgbeVC6hQ
Beyonce’s “Formation” music video (violence + race + hip hop)
*clean version*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-FDa9LHDLc
Ted talk: how to raise a black son in America 5 min (violence + race)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us70DN2XSfM
Obama responding to Ferguson 4 min (violence + race)
Ted Talk on Police Racial Profiling/Ferguson 11 min (violence + race)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCX_Th-IjjE
Black Lives Matter Mannequin Challenge: 1 min (violence + race)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrDJfxIDmJk
Documentary on Toronto Police Profiling (violence + race)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u627BsqA5BM
Celebrities speak out in “How to Get Killed While Being Black” (violence + race + hip hop)
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beyonce-rihanna-alicia-keys-how-to-get-killed-while-black-20160713
Clips from the show Blackish: (violence + race)
Documentary about African-Americans in the prison system
“13TH” full documentary available on Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V66F3WU2CKk
Other:
Article on Michael Brown shooting details (violence + race)
Essay on Racism & White Privilege (race + minority identity)
http://www.tolerance.org/article/racism-and-white-privilege
Essay on History of Hip Hop (hip hop + minority identity)
https://web.stanford.edu/class/e297c/poverty_prejudice/mediarace/socialsignificance.htm
Article on Beyonce’s “Formation” (violence + race + hip hop + activism)
Black Live Matter movement website (violence + race + activism)
Social Justice Organization that enlists celebrity support:
Tool to analyze lyrics: (also available as a free app)
https://genius.com
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For thesis statement info click these:
thesis // Developing-a-Thesis-Statement1 // What How Why Thesis Example //Subject Link Main Points thesis example
Full Essay Graphic Organizer (with triangle method for intro/conclusion):
http://calswec.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/b-1-2_five-paragraph-essay-structure.png
Introduction as an upside down pyramid:
Conclusion as a pyramid:
MLA formatting (sample paper):
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/13/
MLA in-text citations (for a variety of sources):
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02
MLA in-text citations for songs and performances:
http://lib.trinity.edu/lib2/cite_nontrad_mla.php
Title/Intro paragraph Example:
Crimson Tragedies:
The Influence of Hip-Hop on Black Lives Matter
Nothing stains asphalt quite like a heavy pool of crimson blood. When Michael Brown’s lifeless body lay in the road for several hours, his blood stained more than the asphalt beneath him. It stained the entire African-American community. It smeared them with fear. It painted them with anguish. They knew Michael Brown was not the first young black person to be murdered and he would not be the last. His blood inspired the black community to unite and fight back against the ongoing racism plaguing the nation. A key proponent of this fight is Black Lives Matter, an organization that rallies against police brutality. The Black Lives Matter movement is especially effective because of the tremendous support it has gained from hip-hop artists. Hip-hop has become a powerful platform for spreading the message of police brutality prevention. Black Lives Matter would not be as successful as it is without the contributions of Beyoncé, J. Cole, and Kendrick Lamar.
In-class writing strategies:
- Read topics carefully: DO NOT answer each question. The topic is to prompt you and inspire a thesis. Ultimately, your topic is your thesis statement.
- Take time to plan: you have plenty of time to write so I expect proper essay structure
- Make a quick outline
– Intro: hook
– *Thesis Statement*
– Body 1: topic, examples, explanation
– Body 2: topic, examples, explanation
– Body 3: topic, examples, explanation
– Conclusion: broad idea to leave reader with
- Punctuation matters: don’t ruin your great ideas with bad grammar and run-on sentences!
- Read over your writing:
– cross things out / use white out
– put ^ to insert missed words
- The title matters!!! Make it interesting!!!!
– write it last