Hip Hop Violence

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In this paper, one can observe the sociological approach of positivism that helps present the problem of gun deaths and violence related to gang violence, and how the media has made violence a center stage for a racist African American identity. The writer discusses that with gang life being glorified on MTV and in other major TV programming, surely there is a connection that vilifies the need to address socio-economic problems that influence young minorities out onto the streets, and away from the moral family unit.

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"This study examines the sociological background to violence in America through African Americans and the cultural milieu that promotes violence through the modern media. In this manner, one can show through Positivism the idea of violence as a major concern for low-income African American families that are affected by white media hegemony. Also, by observing the sociological theories of Positivism that reside in analyzing Hip Hop music, one can see why violence is a major problem for African American families through the medium of racial social constructs in the American media."

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