subject: Hip Hop as a Part of Student Life and Identity Development [print this page]
Music influences human life greatly, especially that of youth. Students try to look like their idols. Furthermore, music influences students' understanding of life. It creates students style, which they try to follow. Hip hop is not just the direction in music it is a specific culture. Black females are mostly impacted by this culture. Students are people whose personality is not formed up to the end. Hip hop culture provides intersecting influence on black female identity, especially in the questions of race and gender. In most cases, hip hop culture negatively influences black females and scientist become concerned about this problem. Here is some information about negative effect of hip hop culture and music in particular on black female students.
Negative impact of hip hop culture on black female students
Most black female students are highly susceptible to hip hop music. Listening to the text of such songs, students consider them as the instructions to follow. One may ask, what is wrong here? The texts are really awful. Sexual promiscuity, drugs consumption, alcohol drinking, smoking, violence and other harmful habits are discussed in hip hop songs. Moreover, the texts of the songs do not teach students to avoid those habits, but present them as the part of student life, as if it is a norm. Thus, listening to such music, being the part of hip hop culture, black female students become too involved there that leads to degradation. The main reason why black female students want to be involved in hip hop culture is the history of this culture origin: Black and Latino roots.
What can be done?
Teachers are unable to restrict students from listening to hip hop music and forbid them become a part of that culture. Still, it is quite possible to try to explain female students that the influence of hip hop culture is negative and they should not be involved in it to such extend.
Music influences human life greatly, especially that of youth. Students try to look like their idols. Furthermore, music influences students' understanding of life. It creates students style, which they try to follow. Hip hop is not just the direction in music it is a specific culture. Black females are mostly impacted by this culture. Students are people whose personality is not formed up to the end. Hip hop culture provides intersecting influence on black female identity, especially in the questions of race and gender. In most cases, hip hop culture negatively influences black females and scientist become concerned about this problem. Here is some information about negative effect of hip hop culture and music in particular on black female students.
Negative impact of hip hop culture on black female students
Most black female students are highly susceptible to hip hop music. Listening to the text of such songs, students consider them as the instructions to follow. One may ask, what is wrong here? The texts are really awful. Sexual promiscuity, drugs consumption, alcohol drinking, smoking, violence and other harmful habits are discussed in hip hop songs. Moreover, the texts of the songs do not teach students to avoid those habits, but present them as the part of student life, as if it is a norm. Thus, listening to such music, being the part of hip hop culture, black female students become too involved there that leads to degradation. The main reason why black female students want to be involved in hip hop culture is the history of this culture origin: Black and Latino roots.
What can be done?
Teachers are unable to restrict students from listening to hip hop music and forbid them become a part of that culture. Still, it is quite possible to try to explain female students that the influence of hip hop culture is negative and they should not be involved in it to such extend.
Hip Hop as a Part of Student Life and Identity Development
