Final project idea

For my final project I was thinking to compare and contrast the characteristics of teens on popular t.v shows in the past and present such as "Degrassi" and "Degrassi: The next generation" or "Popular" and "Pretty Little Liars".

  










In this I will compare and contrast social problems such as sexuality, pregnacy, popularity status, and social problems within family and friendsbetween the past and present.

Hip- Hop vs. America

The videos below are from BET's 3 part panel series debating hip-hop. Negatives and positives are debating. I find it interesting. I tried to get all the parts to this but there are some missing.

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these videos also contributes to Raby's opinions on the five dominant discourses. Mainly social problems and pleasurable consumption.

Hip-hop

I'm not really sure if I properly understood what this article is about but I will write based on my understanding of it:

While reading this piece the first thing I thought of was a tv speacial I saw on the rap group formally known as N.W.A.

Although I do not agree with must if the group's antics I do however think they are a very inspirational group. They were the epitome of rebels. The article talked about the power the administers had and repercussions that followed disobedience. This group did not give a damn about repercussions. The had something to say and they wanted to say it no matter who liked it. They did believe in shutting up because they were told to. The group's 'Straight its compton' record was so controversial fit that exact reason. The story behind the song was a story that some believed should not have been told. That only fueled the fire.

This article is interesting because it further proves that there is no such thing as freedom of speech in the media.

The limitations on what is displayed in music helps to keep the "elite" in power. It prevents new cultures and behaviors to form which ultimately take away their power. This elite has a say in what's acceptable and what's not.

Let's take the N.W.A for example.  In my opinion the group's message in "F*** the Police" was their done being discriminated against because of their race. The lyrics of the song is very explicted and the title demands attention. Attention that the elite will shun. Now anyone can reasonablly agrue the violence behind the lyrics. Now because of that the message is lost. This song basically is saying they refuse to continue to be controlled by anyone. Every stereotype is talked about. They called out cops for all ttheir wrong doing. They did not care if the cop was black or white.

The song was banned on radio stations across the world. The group had a story to tell and stopped at nothing to make sure of it. This group is the epitome of what the "elite's" does not agree with. N.W.A fights against power and does not care about what any one person has to say or think about it

RI Coalition for the Homeless

Hey everyone,


My name is Jessica Knight and I am a volunteer with the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless. I am here to discuss the importance of homeless prevention and affordable housing issues in Rhode Island.


As you may have read, at the beginning of this winter we had 175 Rhode Islanders sleeping outdoors across the state. You may also be interested to know that:

• 53% of those who are homeless this year are homeless for the first time
• 40% of RI’s homeless are families
• 27% are children
• 12% are employed

The good news is we can do something to help these people find a safe affordable home!


We are asking for your support! You can make a difference by signing a letter to your local representative and your senator urging them to make affordable housing and homelessness prevention a key issue this legislative session.

Thank you!
Have a great day!


Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless
(401)721-5685      www.rihomeless.org  

Please follow this  LINK and take action. RI Coalition is only asking for 250 signitures. At the moment there are only 18. It takes literally 30 seconds. Lets work together to help end homelessnes.

Adolscents Pt 2

In this article Raby talks about adolscents "discovering themselves" which in my opinion is the exact opposite of what happens in this stage in life. For me I was trying find someone else. It was a popularity contest. Until the summer before the 12th grade I was in a program called Upward Bound I never thought it was a contest. My peers and I stayed on campus for 7 weeks taking classes. One night the counselors had a discussion group about "Popularity". Everyone in the group was talking about the dynamic of their own school and if the were insync with the norm or oppsed to it. I attended Hope High School. At my school I knew everyone and I talked to everyone. We all did. It was a community school we all did everything to together. Or so I thought. As I and my good friend KC was painting a pretty picture of our school a underslassmen steps up and tainted the picture. I will never forget his first sentence "you only think there is no popularity in Hope because you two and a vast majority of the school makes up the popular kids." I initially thought well if the majority of the school is popular then yea there is no popular kids its just a few kids who do not fit in because of their own issues. The underslassmen went on to saying that my group of friends and I was such a large group that consisted of atletes, the entire student government, and the entire academic top ten 10% of the class. Another point that my friend and I was trying to make was that we was different than traditional popularity groups. We all dressed different and we didn't bully. He said we had the teachers on our side because of our acheivements and good deeds. He went on to saying the only reason why we knew his name was because he was different and we felt that it was a public services to say hi to him and people like him.
Being 16 I was like okay and the big deal is? Then when the school year begun I took a step back and really look at what he said. And sad to say he was right. My friends and I basically own a hall wall and we named it the T. I stood at the top and looked down and the hallway was filled of only my friends. If someone did walk in the hallway to go to class they walked so fast. The bell rings and we still outside and the principal right to our side saying nothing. We were all just dressed different so I was right about that but we were all the best dressed. We didn't bully but we gave off a dominant energy.
Now when I was younger learning about how high school is where you learn the most yourself I was like yeah alright w.e. but know I see its so true. This discovering yourself theory is an interesting one. In high school everyone thrieved to be "different" and in those attempts we all became even more similar. You never discover yourself as who you want to be. You discover yourself in terms of how others view you to be.
We was glorified by the administration but secretly hated by our peers. Which kind of hurt my feelings because even though sexs, drugs and alchol was not an issue for us we still had our problems. Problems with suicide, rape, depression, and emotion distraught. The teachers paid more attention to people outside of group because we were the "good kids" that sat in at board meetings and every honor roll breakfast. We was never considered to have problems so instead of expressing them we bottled them. People assumed we was all ok because we fit the characteristics of teens they wanted. As a teen it feels like a battlefield where no side every wins.

Adolescents

I'm this video Katy Perry is singing to adolescents basically telling them to do what they want regardless if what socially "right" . In this video some of the discourses expressed in Raby's article. Such ass sexuality, body image, and violence.

Watch "Katy Perry - Firework (Official Music Video) [Full HD (1080p)]" on YouTube