tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143997392011-04-21T14:16:26.966-07:00aliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00208930100463611179noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14399739.post-1122604545190546392005-07-28T19:09:00.000-07:002005-07-28T19:35:45.196-07:00I was in my American Government class the other day. The professor is very friendly, and always striking up conversations with students. He asked me what kind of music I listened to. Of course, I told him hip hop. He seemed pretty surprised, like he didn't understand. He said, as he understood it, rap music was very misogynistic. I told him that a lot of music is, or at least started out that way, not that there's an excuse for it. I also told him that hip hop has a lot of problems along the lines of what kinds of people it accepts. He gave me this look like he just didn't get it. I wanted to tell him that most of the stuff I listen to will never make it on the radio, and is not as misogynistic as he thinks. I felt like his understanding of "rap music" was the stereotypical middle aged white male understanding and judgement of a culture that is misrepresented. It's an example of public understanding of hip hop is so negative.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14399739-112260454519054639?l=hhlhiphopliteracies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>aliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00208930100463611179noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14399739.post-1121116419825421382005-07-11T14:11:00.000-07:002005-07-11T14:13:39.830-07:00This is my first blog ever. And I don't know what to say.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14399739-112111641982542138?l=hhlhiphopliteracies.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>aliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00208930100463611179noreply@blogger.com0