Considering Linda’s means of escape from slavery by hiding in the garret in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, think of a technology today that allows you to run away without going anywhere. Linda’s means of escape, hiding in the garret above her family home, allowed her avoid her slaver, while also…
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“King Kunta” Kendrick Lamar Lyrics (Post Challenge 2)
The song “King Kunta” by Kendrick Lamar, is a song which uses a derogatory term repeatedly, but the song lyrics themselves do not degrade women. The first line in the chorus is “Bitch where were you when I was walking?” The term bitch is repeated throughout the song, used over eight times in total. The…
Running Away, Hiding (Contemporary Connection, Challenge Post)
” Considering Linda’s means of escape from slavery by hiding in the garret in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, think of a technology today that allows you to run away without going anywhere.” Today, almost all forms of technology allow the user to hide away from society without having to physically…
Watermelon Man
http://www.tcm.turner.com/mediaroom/video/335387/Crazed-Fruit-Movie-Clip-Frank-s-Messes.html- Peebles, Melvin Van. Watermelon Man. 1970. In the 1970 movie Watermelon Man, the main character is Jeff Gerber who is a white salesman who has the ideal American lifestlye having two kids, living in a nice neighborhood, and maintaining a stable job. Gerber did not care for black people and tended to make jokes about…
Rico Nasty’s Take on Haters (Post Challenge)
An example of a song where explicit language seems necessary to achieving the artistic and thematic purposes of the work is in Rico Nasty and Kenny Beats’ “Hatin.” In the song, Rico raps with a rebellious and powerful energy about her success, using explicit langauge layered onto metaphors and similes. Behind the initial understanding that…
Technology: Transporting You to a New Reality
Post Challenge: Considering Linda’s means of escape from slavery by hiding in the garret in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, think of a technology today that allows you to run away without going anywhere. A type of technology that allows people to “run away” without going anywhere are the…
Ludacris’ Move B***H
Challenge Post #2 In 2002, Ludacris released the single, “Move Bitch”, featuring rappers Mystikal and I-20. The chorus goes on to repeat the phrase, “Move bitch, get out the way, get out the way bitch, get out the way,” four times. The chorus, without any context, seems very offensive to women. However, Ludacris is not…
Him & I – G-Eazy & Halsey: Terms of Endearment or Degradation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA7AIQw-7Ms “Him and I” by G-Eazy and Halsey is a song from 2017 that presents a sort of Bonnie and Clyde love-story the song’s lyrics depict the two lovers/partners in crime living a fast and hard lifestyle. the song lyrics read. Throughout the the song there are various phrases and lines in which the couple of the song…
The Power of Gratuity in JID’s “Skrawberries (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid)”
JID’s arrival to the hip hop scene was not a quiet one. Shortly after the release of his first album, The Never Story, critics pounced to compare him to Kendrick Lamar. The two both present immediately with the capacity to create songs with incredible hooks, versatile flows, but most importantly, lyrics that run circles around…
(Pop-Up Challenge) Social Media: A Form of Escapism
In Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Linda successfully “runs away” from slavery without actually ever running away at first. Without anybody ever knowing about her whereabouts (with the exception of her grandmother) after she escaped the wrath of Dr. Flint, Linda hides in a crawl space in her grandmother’s attic,…
Black Matter 