Sunday, November 4, 2012

Ra# 3 From Fly girls to bitches and hoes

In the essay "From Fly-girls to Bitches and Hoes" by Joan Morgan, explores the reality and prejudice that many African american women are being portrayed as in the African American culture of the modern era. This article is one that tries to give a distinct message because it shows both sides to why and how women came to be represented in the hip hop industry and their opinion to this day. Music can have a verity of purposes and reasons to be created by many artist, in this case the hip hop genre expresses the life and ideas of many of their artist and they also describe many hardships that have been experienced in the past. The author herself states that hip hop is the way of expressing the many harsh experiences that have led them to express themselves in the manner tat we all see in this type of music and way of life.
The way women have been portrayed in any culture has been always up to them weather to say what is right and wrong to their way of thinking and the author of the essay describes the rap culture as a way to exploit their ideas and give a message of hate that people don't always understand that is wrong. Upon more of the reading, its clear that the hi hop genre wasn't always what it is today and only over time it transform into the popular music that many people wish to mimic despite having a very intriguing message of  values. The author herself is a fan of the music and she tries to comprehend why are women being portrayed by as less than human by the famous musicians such as Notorious B.I.G and Dr.Dre despite being the same color of skin. In all we are supposed to ask ourselves if the music that we like so much giving you the wrong message, why do we keep listening to it? and if t gives you the wrong idea on how to treat your fellow men aren't we just as guilty for not dong anything about it.
I do believe that the hip hop music has a lot to answer for how they have portrayed women over the course of their work but that gives me a reason to think that maybe all their music gives a window to what they believe in and what they have gone thought but our ways of thinking have to be clear in what we think is the right thing to in this situation. The speculation that people can make wit each other about any subject is just another way of life that many follow but the author of this essay wants to demonstrate a point in this manner because she belies that its the right thing to do for all the women in the world and add concern at the same time.    

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