What Rose calls for is not a sanitized vision of the form, but one that more accurately reflects a much richer space of culture, politics, anger, and yes, sex, than the current ubiquitous images in sound and video currently provide. In 'The Hip-Hop Wars,' Rose explores the most crucial issues underlying the polarized claims on each side of the debate: Does hip-hop cause violence, or merely reflect a violent ghetto culture? Is hip-hop sexist, or are its detractors simply anti-sex? Does the portrayal of black culture in hip-hop undermine black advancement? A potent exploration of a divisive and important subject, 'The Hip-Hop Wars' concludes with a call for the regalvanization of the progressive and creative heart of hip-hop. The controversy surrounding hip-hop is worth attending to and examining with a critical eye because, as scholar and cultural critic Tricia Rose argues, hip-hop has become a primary means by which we talk about race in the United States. People in the first group use hip-hop’s sexism as a way to strengthen the image that black people are strange and subordinate, and facilitate anti-feminist. Sexism in hip-hop can be divided into two groups. For the past dozen years, the most commercially successful hip-hop has become increasingly saturated with caricatures of black gangstas, thugs, pimps, and ’hos. In the essay Hip-Hop wars, Tricia Rose focuses on the debate in hip-hop about sexism and discrimination.
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