Spring Break
Hip Hop Debated By Audience At AACC
Erin Alicandro
Issue date: 10/25/05 Section: Focus
Adisa disagreed with aspects of Kitwana's view on "Malibu's Most Wanted" as well. He did agree that the movie contained a level of sophistication, but said that black and white audiences would not necessarily form the same construction when viewing the film
Another issue raised at the end of the discussion was concern over the media and corporations who distribute information. In response to the many statistics that Kitwana read from during the lecture, Washington said, "The fact of the matter is Fox News [and other mainstream media] lie" about statistics, and polls can be tailored.
"I liked how he talked about hip hop as a cultural and political movement," said Melissa Montanaro, a 1st-semester political science major.
Montanaro said she learned many interesting facts about hip hop, including the fact that an increasing majority of white people attend hip hop concerts.
Besides being Executive Editor of The Source, Kitwana has been editorial director at Third World Press, a music reviewer for National Pubic Radio's "All Things Considered," and a featured writer in the Village Voice, The Source and The Progressive. Other books to his credit are "The Rap on Gangsta Rap" and "The Hip Hop Generation."
Another issue raised at the end of the discussion was concern over the media and corporations who distribute information. In response to the many statistics that Kitwana read from during the lecture, Washington said, "The fact of the matter is Fox News [and other mainstream media] lie" about statistics, and polls can be tailored.
"I liked how he talked about hip hop as a cultural and political movement," said Melissa Montanaro, a 1st-semester political science major.
Montanaro said she learned many interesting facts about hip hop, including the fact that an increasing majority of white people attend hip hop concerts.
Besides being Executive Editor of The Source, Kitwana has been editorial director at Third World Press, a music reviewer for National Pubic Radio's "All Things Considered," and a featured writer in the Village Voice, The Source and The Progressive. Other books to his credit are "The Rap on Gangsta Rap" and "The Hip Hop Generation."