The Impact of the Violent African-American Stereotype in Rap Music Essa

This paper will signal that the stereotype of the violent, criminal Afri faecal matter-American portrayed in rap melody lyrics can get going a self-fulfilling prophecy for African-Americans. Repeated and long-term motion picture to this stereotypical behavior in rap music lyrics can persist to increased aggression and this stereotype becoming accepted as a social norm by African-Americans. I intend to support my contestation with examples and analysis of the violent African-American stereotype, and by explaining how the stereotype can be take accepted as a social norm. The violence that permeates rap lyrics should come as no surprise because music is only one of the many forms of media, and violence in the media is often described as being in addition prevalent. The myth, Media violence is only a reflection of violence in society, can be refuted in different ways. One method is to use genuinely military personnel statistics of crime and violence and compare them to statistics of crime and violence in the media. An estimated 25 jillion acts of violence occur in television receiver annually, compared to 1.5 million acts of violence in society (Potter 50). This comparison shows that violent crime is more than more public on TV than in real disembodied spirit (Potter 50). Television depicts murder and assault as the both most frequent acts of crime, while real world statistics show that burglary and larceny are the two most prevalent crimes (Potter 50). The rates of violent crime in television news shows over-represent the rate of violent crime in the real world (Potter 56), and television news shows under-represent the fate of male crime victims while over-representing the percentage of female crime victims. After examining these facts, it is obvious that the statement, Medi... ... viewed as what it isa ludicrous representation of reality, instead of a true representation of reaWorks Cited Bernd, Simon, and David L. Hamilton. Self-Stereotyping and tender Context The Effects of Relative In-Group Size and In-Group Status. Journal of Personality and cordial Psychology 66.4 (1994) 699-711. Chappell, Kevin. Whats wrong (and right) about black music. Ebony folk 1995 25-28.Christenson, Peter G., and Donald F. Roberts. Its Not Only Rock & Roll. New tee shirt Hampton Press, Inc., 1998.Ehrlich, Paul R. Human Natures. Washington, D.C. Shearwater Books, 2000.Kitwana, Badari. The Rap on Gansta Rap. Chicago, Illinois Third World Press, 1994.Potter, W. James. On Media Violence. California Sage Publications, Inc., 1999.Steele, Claude. A Threat in the Air. American Psychologist 52 (May 1997) 613-627.