PLEASE PLEASE watch all required videos and read the required readings to answer the 6
questions I attached down below. Answers should be in paragraphs (5-6 sentences.) Does not have to be 550 words. AFS 2010: Reflection Assignment 11: Due: Sunday, April 3, 2022 at or Before 11:59 PM
Required Readings:
? When Europe Offered African Americans an Ear
?Kitwana: The New Black Youth Culture: The Emergence of Hip Hop
(In Required Readings Module.)
African Americans in Classical Music PowerPoint (Discussion Board)
Poem: Tupac Shakur
The Rose That Grew from Concrete
Autobiographical
Did u hear about the rose that grew from a crack
in the concrete
proving natures laws wrong
it learned 2 walk
without having feet
Funny it seems but by keeping its dreams
it learned 2 breathe fresh air
Long live the rose that grew from concrete
When no one else even cared!
During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams.
Required Videos:
1.Tupac Shakur: Biography, Early Life, Facts, Family, Hip Hop Culture & Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAOItzCB6rk
2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iulbzZKUeXM
Tupac: Dear Mama
3.My Mic Sounds Nice: The Truth About Women and Hip Hop
4.Queen Latifah
Chance the Rapper: Sunday Candy
5.Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment Sunday Candy Short Film
Questions:
?Bakari Kitwana, The Emergence of Hip-Hop Generation
1.Hip-Hop emerged as a successful model of Black political resistance. Grounded in the radical and militant traditions of the 1970s, hip-hop artists and activist youth organizations have struggled to make changes. List major areas of social and economic inequalities.
2.Then, consider African American culture, its music and arts from the spirituals, Rhythm and Blues, to Hip-Hop (including poetry), and the connection to the African American struggle for equal rights. What connections are made to the study of the African American family, give attention to each artist, Tupac, Queen Latifah, and Chance the Rapper?
3.What globalization factors played a significant role in influencing the world view of the hip-hop generation?
4.Consider the major concepts studied; culture, racism, sexism, class, and the institution of the family, then make connections with the required videos. Please refer to any of the required readings while providing relevant examples. Describe the study of Hip Hop within the context of the definition of African American Studies.
5.Who is Chance singing about? Tupac, Donny Hathaway, and many, many others sing about the same thing. Why is this (person/persons) significant?
6.Explain the significance of the Negro National Anthem Lift Every Voice and Sing to African Americans, specifically and all Americans in general.
