Music and Race
Academic writing & assessment of writing
supports a white racial habitus
So academic writing is one avenue in which racial modes of meaning making are expressed
Music is another.
the question
how does popular music reinforce white and black meaning making strategies
Myser
keep in mind Myser's findings on white racial habitus
individualism, self-determination, autonomy, self-control
person in individual terms, rational, self-conscious
rigor, clarity, consistency
problems = those that disrupt autonomous functioning
(see handout from Inoue)
youtube playlist
listen to Dylan, Lennon, and Nirvana.
All these songs are in the top 5 greatest rock songs of all time
how do they illustrate a white racial habitus?
how many voices do you hear?
is there a I or We voice?
Could you dance to this?
gilyard & banks
What might be hallmarks of African American meaning making:
black joy, play, activism, liberation work, resistance, collaboration, call and response, community
responses to abuse, structural inequality, targeted violence
(p. 102)
youtube playlist
listen/watch to Fugees
how many voices?
listen/watch to Stevie Wonder
What do G&B find so fascinating about Stevie Wonder?
Kendrick lamar
Kendrick won the Pulitzer Prize for his lyrics.
Listen/watch his performance of 'Alright.' Start around 1 minute in.
Where do G&B talk about this track? Why do they bring it up?
Janelle Monae ft wondaland
Google this song "Hell You Talmbout"
What is it about?
Watch/listen to this first 2 minutes
run the Jewels
Who is in this group? Where do G&B talk about one of the group members?
Google the lyrics and listen to the track.
While listening, make a mark on a piece of paper for each voice you hear.
Listen to the whole song. Profanity in here. Why?
Let's analyze these lyrics together
music
how does African-American music mirror AA rhetorical traditions going all the way back to Negro spirituals?
How doe such a rhetorical tradition conflict with academic writing?
Music and Race
By mrifenburg
Music and Race
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