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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Report on the Need ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [for Censorship ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 06/94 # of Words:728 School:Boys/Prep State:CT
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Recently we have been hearing a lot about the need for censorship of
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television and recording industries. Whether it is the cartoon Beavis and
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Butthead, the controversial television drama NYPD Blue or rap recording
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artists, someone always s eems to arguing about their negative effects on
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society and the need for government regulation.
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Being a fan of rap, I am particularly interested in issues effecting
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regulation of the recording industry and rap artists. Popular "gangsta
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rappers" include Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dog, Tupac Shakur, Ice Cube, and Ice
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Tea. Many are outraged at the explicit lyrics of the songs and the
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lifestyles of these artists. Snoop Doggy Dog and Tupac Shakur are two of
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the most publicized "gansta rappers" whose songs contain explicit lyrics
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and who have been indicted for criminal activities.
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Snoop Doggy dog is a native of Long Beach, California. His mother named
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him Snoopy because of his long face and droopy ears. Growing up, Snoop was
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a member of the Golgotha Trinity Baptist youth choir and an excellent
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basketball player. However , shortly after his graduation from high
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school, he landed in jail for possession of cocaine. Recently Snoop was
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arrested for murder. On August twenty- fifth Snoop was driving his late
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model Jeep in Palms, California. He met up with Philip Woldemar iam, who
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according to Snoop's attorney, had a long history of threatening Snoop.
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Snoop's bodyguard shot Woldermariam twice in the back, killing him. On
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December eighth, Snoop was arraigned for murder, but later found innocent.
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Many of the lyrics i n Snoop's songs degrade women, encourage the use of
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marijuana and glorify violence against authority.
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Another publicized case involves rapper Tupac Shakur. Many know him for
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his starring role in the movie "Poetic Justice" with Janet Jackson. Tupac
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Shakur's song "Keep Ya Head Up" contains such lyrics as
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"I wonder why we take from our women Why we rape our women Do we
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hate our women? I think it's time we care for our women Time to
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heal our women."
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Despite the lyrics encouraging men to respect women, Shakur was recently
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arrested for sexually abusing a woman in a midtown hotel. This arrest came
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two weeks after Shakur was arrested for allegedly shooting two off duty
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police officers after a traff ic dispute in Atlanta.
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Proponents of rap feel that all rappers are protected under the first
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amendment. They also feel that rap is a cultural art form, reflecting
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ghetto life and that criticism of rap is another form of racism. One of
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the men who has been influential in speaking out against "gangsta rap", its
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explicit lyrics and unworthy role models is the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
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Jackson states," Anyone, white or black, who makes money calling our women
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bitches and our people niggers will have to face the wrath of our
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indignation." The Reverend Calvin Butts, the minister of the Abyssinian
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Baptist Church in Harlem, has also mounted a crusade against explicit
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music. Last summer he held a rally at which he ran over offending tapes
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and CDs with a steamrolle r. The vice- president of the United States
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wife, Tipper Gore, has launched her own crusade. In her book, Raising PG
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Kids in an X-rated Society , she takes the music industry to task for
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glamorizing sex and violence in material targeted to kids. She has
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encouraged record companies to label all albums and tapes that have
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sexually explicit lyrics. Also, radio stations such a KACE-FM in Los
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Angeles are adopting policies to ban all songs that degrade women or
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promote drugs and violence.
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To determine the views of students here on the need for censorship of
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the recording industry, I conducted a survey which posed the following
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questions:
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1. Do you listen to Rap music? Seventy percent of the
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respondents indicated that they listened to Rap music
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on a regular basis.
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2. Do you own any Rap CDs or tapes with explicit lyrics?
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Forty percent of those surveyed indicated that thy did.
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3. Do you think Rap lyrics are a bad influence on society?
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Seventy-five percent believed that the lyrics had a
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negative influence on society.
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4. Do you think that the government should censor Rap recordings?
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Only five percent of the respondents believed it was
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the government's responsibity to censor Rap.
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One thing is clear and that is that there are strong opinions on
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both sides of the issue. In my opinion, the worst solution would be to
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allow the government to legislate what can be written, what TV shows can be
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aired and what music can be produced. I believe the consumers and
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producers should be charged with the ultimate responsibility of censorship.
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Consumers are free to boycott literature, records and programs that they
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deem unacceptable and producers will be quick to respond when profits are
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diminished.
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