Do Rap Music, B.E.T. and other forms of "Black Culture" hurt the black community more then they help

Question

That is, do you think the black community would be better off without stereotypical celebrities and media conglomerates which push an inherently negative image of blacks.

Answer 1

Hell no.... that's like asking if HEE HAW hurt the white community by depicting red-neck stereotypes. Some folks enjoyed it, some didn't. The point is even if it can be construed as 'negative imagery' any group of people, regardless of the color of their skin, can only benefit in the long run from diversity. A black kid should have the option to listen to Ludacriss just as much as he should have the option to listen to Mozart... the point is, options are good!

Answer 2

There are positive images in the black culture which the media choose not to highlight this gives off the misconception that what you see from 50 cent or on BET gives an accurate representation of the black community.

there needs to be a balance.

Answer 3

Of course... Cultivating negative images (your premise) of any group can be detrimental. The problem's the marketability of the stereotypes. Just look at Jerry Springer, the gamot of 'reality TV shows out there', etc. Our population pays people billions of dollars a year to market negative/outrageous personas. Obviously, people are going to continue marketing idiots to us... but only as long as we're willing to pay them to. If our culture, at large, would stop paying for crap... the salespeople of the world would create/foster whatever image would sell.

"The Cosby Show", in the eighties, was a great example. If you think the telivision executives aired the show because of it's positive (and, in many ways, ground breaking) depiction of what it is to be black in America... you're crazy. They kept it on air because it sold... and Only because it sold. The same is true of any media depiction you & I might take issue with. It's on air, or on the shelves, Only because it sells. The easiest way to do away with it is to stop buying it... and encourage others to not buy it. It'll disappear quicker than all get out...

TV execs will sell what sells. Politicians with do things Only for politically healthy reasons. In neither case is anything "good", or "bad", done for any other reason than that it keeps power (money) in the hands of the people who want it. The moment a politician comprehends that s/he will be voted out of office for doing something 'not politically healthy' (which we determine for them), his/her policy will change. The very moment...

But, we live in a world where telephone solicitors still operate. They wouldn't if people didn't answer their phones, and BUY what they're selling. I've never personally known anyone who likes telephone sales calls... or who has ever bought the solicitors' product. However, there must be a small enough fraction of our population who will... or the calls would not continue.

By in large, most celebrities/well known figures are only worth their celebrity in as much as they generate money for someone. But we should recognize, and then reproach, our attraction to conflict & outrageous behavior. Have you ever been in a chat room in which the people come to Agreement? Once people stop cussing & fighting with one another, the 'chat' ceases. People consider peace & agreement boring. Accross the board, and without respect to race, religion, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, blah blah blah... there's something so fundamentally scewed in our perspective as a species. Our best chance (slim though it may be) for effecting a positive change is to deal with the causal factor; our preference for conflict & our (poor) understanding that we're somehow separate from everyone else. Perceived differences always perpetuate conflict. "He's different than I am... so he's a threat to me."

Answer 4

because hip hop became made for black human beings by black human beings yet now white human beings in simple terms ****** it up so there is not any mainstream gangsta or political rap any extra because it speaks out hostile to white human beings and the rationalization black rappers won't be able to carry with white human beings is because the understand this and incase you probably did not recognize maximum rappers decrease back in the day like 2pac,snoop dogg, N.W.A contributors,mc eiht and underground rappers like immortal technique are racist.the position as many black activities stars and different sorts of musicians are promote outs and love white human beings like Michael Jackson and this explains why many admired black adult men (no longer all) marry white women human beings yet are you able to surely call any admired white adult men that marry black women human beings and that i do not propose in the experience that they are already 2 admired human beings like if kim kardashian and kanye west, I propose a admired white guy and a classic black women human beings or any opposite direction round.

Answer 5

When positive black people do for the community its not broadcasted, unless you are Oprah Winfrey......

Answer 6

i think the black community should listen to bill cosby, not what their favorite rapper says.

Answer 7

i think it can do both hurt and help it in a way