Everybody Play A Part

Hip hop is like a "box" and to be inside this box you have to be masculine and tough, you can't let people see you are soft. A lot of young teens and suburban high class teens listen to hip hop. Hip hop portrays an image that the teens feel they may have to follow. Hip hop downs the women of the society. Hip hop makes it seem like it is ok to die and be violent. The teens in America are taght to be a man, be tough and take control. Hip hop basically is teaching people that you have to tough in order to survive and be a man and teens feel if they don't follow this image they would be consider soft.

hip hop

the reason young me rap about killing other men and drugs is because this is what they know. i feel as though it is hard to rap about some thing you don't know about. what i am trying to say is that how can i rap about working at a major company if i never did this . but if i lived my whole life selling drugs and killing it would be easy for me to talk about this. in the reason that they down grade other men is because when you were own the block selling your drugs if you let some one call you a bitch i not do something about it every one would do it. in every man wants there respect. but what do you think would happen to donald trump to the hood what do you think would happen. he would fall, why because he is a product of his environment. 

social isolation

to day we touch up a little on social isolation. this is when neighborhoods or divided by railroads and interstate. in these railroads are not wanted by the neighborhood but the government put them there any ways ith no concerns of what the people want. the only thing they care about is the money. so  this makes it harder for urban youth to form a bond with each other an the only thing i want to know how would they feel if we were to put a road threw their back yard ?  

to ace40

The comment you made was totally sexist, in this is coming from another man.You said that the types of clothing women wear provoke sexual assault. How can you feel this way. I think that women should be able  to wear what ever they want and feel safe. What is the point for different types clothing's, in why should women feel restricted by what they want to wear. how would you feel if some one told you that you only can  wear purple shorts. This isnt rite you a basicly taking away these young ladys freedom. these women should be able to wear what ever they want what out the fear of being sexually assualted in beat. in for you ace40 how would you feel if someone was to rape your mother our sister because what they was wearing.
 From: L_isforLloyd

Gender'n the hood

For adolescent in disadvantaged Urban communities,neighborhoods represent a major feature of social life. It is said that the neighborhood construct everything that goes on,what happens in the hood does not happen in the subberbs so they say. These pelopefeel so safe with that statement how could you when young toddlers get kidnapped in broad daylight so how does that make one living place different from another. I do admit that males are more safe in the hood because they can better protect their self,but some females get raped and don't say anything now who fault is that.I would give most of the blame to the people around the crime doe as one girl said "a lady was being dragged by her hair up the street and being punched in the face,with 6 pelopestanding around no one called the cops. So don't blame the girls don't blame black me blame the ones you call friend.
devin

Getting played

This is a thouch topic when you are talking about who fault it is for female sexual abuse. One thing that can be said for sure is that all of the blame cant be put on the offender or the common offender which tends to look like the typical young black male. Some of the questions that are never ask is were you friendly to a young man,lead him on to sexual intent,did you wear the right colths around him,etc. These are all thing that can construt rather a girl gets sextually abused or not. Now i am very aware of the fact that some offenders dont know these young ladys and still thouch them.so some of the blame goes directley to them. But it would be unwise to say that females are just bugs waititng to be prayed upon,when they put a spot on their back sometime that says "im over here come get me" Makeing it clear with their high shorts,half shirts and tights as toght as skin.

It's Not Funny

I don't believe it is right for someone to laugh at another person get beat senseless just because they are labeled negatively. It is not right for anyone to be hit or beat and no label should be a justifiable reason for someone to endure that type of treatment. I know at times people may feel like "if the person not doing nothing to help themselves why should I". At times it is not easy and can get a little frustrating to constantly help someone who isn't trying to help themselves. If I am going out of my way to help you and you go back to the same situation, why am I going to continue to help you? That is how some people feel, it makes it hard for them to extend themselves when in the past nothing changed. I don't think that should stop someone for trying to help another person. If I see someone getting beat up or in a situation that don't look right, I'm not going to try to stop it myself I'm going to get someone else to help out. I wouldn't just sit by and let it happen, so at the end of the day I could at least say I tried.

It Is Not Women's Fault

I enjoyed what chapter one of "Getting Played" is talking about. Everything the book mentioned is true. Women are victimized and the things that happen to them, rape and abuse, is not their fault. Often at times women, blame themselves for the things that happen, any type of abuse.

When abuse is done in communties it is often ignored. People feel that it is not their place to get in other people business, the author mentioned that in the book. So abuse is often not reported or even unknown.