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Peer reviewedSykes, Elaine – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 1990
Criticizes the stereotypes projected by rap music to both Black youth and non-Black Americans. Argues that rap's images of sexually suggestive dancing, its pervasive use of bad English, and its implications of an easy way out of poverty diminish the value of the collective ethnic victories of the civil rights movement. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Stereotypes, Black Youth, Civil Rights, Criticism
