Rap Music
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have come to find that rap music does have a negative effect on the black community. The effect is not in the way that it has been thought to negatively affect us. In reality, my opinion, it doesn't cause black males to pick up guns, sale drugs or be misogynistic. Rap does give the general community a scapegoat for the horrendous conditions in the black communities in this country. The media puts works to make things seem as if rap music is a driving force in inner city violence. Mass media does not acknowledge the true reasons for the conditions in the black community. The real reason is deeply entrenched with treatment of the black community in the history of this country. The media operates much like white privilege in the way that the actions aren't very obvious but the effects are. The media works much like white privilege as it is an invisible system that confers dominance to one group (McIntosh, 1990).
When the average American turns on the news, they see cases of violent street crime...