Post-Reading Week 11: Hip-Hop

• The most interesting thing I learned about the video that we watched in class is hip-hop can be defined in intersectional theory. It doesn't only degrade female but also sexuality. Hip-hop can also be just a business to white folks, but they didn't really care about the content of the song and as long as the beat is an attention getter to consumers. 
• I agree to all of the statements. First, the violence found in hip-hop is a reflection of the American culture is true because action movies that are made by Whites also contains violence and with the concept of guns as masculine in dominant males. Second, Hip-hop is both homophobic and homoerotic; hip-hop being homophobic is when they criticize males that cries, like when Jarul cried 50 cents called him a "bitch ass nigga" (excuse me for the term). Also, hip-hop can be homoerotic is when they always say "Me and my homeboy" and when rappers are oiled on their body and models in a magazine naked, it makes a connotation that not females can do sexy photos but also males that have six packs or eight packs. Third, I believed that company CEOs or producers are responsible of the content of the song that they are supporting and producing, and what I think about this statement is that white folks benefit from these genre of music but in the end people of color are also criticized by the foul language or the violent language that they portray. Fourth, hip-hop degrades women because they see them as sex materials and not human beings. Women who are dressed revealing are called "bitches" instead of "sisters" and even though they are dressed properly they are also called names. Men feels the power to degrades women because it is needed for their masculine image that they are trying to perceive. Lastly, hip-hop uses black masculinity to sell to white consumers; I agree with the statement but somehow I'm confused on how to answer this question because I really don't understand how black uses their degrading language and masculinity to sell to the records and be in the top hits. 
• Well hip-hop is one of the famous genre of today in the society. Most of the artist that makes millions of dollars out of violent songs are people of color and behind it their entertainment companies that they belonged to. Videos of women wearing just bikinis are also portrayed in hip-hop videos to show that the women are all over one men and can also prove their masculinity. 
• Race intersects with gender for black masculinity when it comes to being homophobic because hip-hop makes a clear statement that they're always hanging out with their "homies" instead of their "girls" which then strengthen the argument about masculinity. In class, race intersects by people of color having to rap and sing explicit language because most of them just finished high school and not college, as oppose to whites who are seen most likely like CEOs of big companies and not having to do degrading music to live life. 
• I think that hip-hop is homoerotic because like what I stated above that they portray their naked oiled bodies on magazine. They love themselves so much that they didn't really care about females. 
• I think hip-hop can be problematic by its use of violent language that most of the time degrades their fellow male and can also degrade females as sex materials and not normal human being like them (like being inferior over men). 
• Yes, in some way I feel like hip-hop can be socially responsible but I also think that the American culture is also responsible for showing violent scenes in the media. 

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