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> [My hope is to get young people to think about ways that they can translate hip-hop's great cultural movement into political power that can change the conditions for America's young, so that young people upon graduating from high school who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/my-hope-is-to-get-young-people-to-think-about-ways-that-they-can/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

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## More by Bakari Kitwana

> [I'm not a poster boy for misogyny and I don't think hip-hop should be either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/i-m-not-a-poster-boy-for-misogyny-and-i-don-t-think-hip-hop-should-be/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [Hip-hop is contributing to American society's misogyny and racism, hyper-sexuality anti-Black representations. Hip-Hop isn't setting the standard for misogyny. No one reduces the presidency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/hip-hop-is-contributing-to-american-society-s-misogyny-and-racism/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [Few places in American culture have made as effective a case for entrepreneurship than hip-hop. Hip-hop tells young people that our society is offering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/few-places-in-american-culture-have-made-as-effective-a-case-for/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [The question 'Why white kids love hip-hop?' forces us immediately to deal with the historical weight of race in America. On the surface people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/the-question-why-white-kids-love-hip-hop-forces-us-immediately-to/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [And just as you can find hip-hop lyrics beating up on all these groups, including young Black men themselves, the primary producers of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/and-just-as-you-can-find-hip-hop-lyrics-beating-up-on-all-these/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [“Wigger: a young white who wants desperately to be down with hip-hop, who identifies more strongly with Black culture than white. (What's disturbing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/wigger-a-young-white-who-wants-desperately-to-be-down-with-hip-hop/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [Hip-hop is a complex music and culture that has been reduced to a one-dimensional critique. Hip-hop's messages aren't all bad. Neither are they all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/hip-hop-is-a-complex-music-and-culture-that-has-been-reduced-to-a-one/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [I agree that a lot of mainstream corporate sold hip-hop is self-hating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/i-agree-that-a-lot-of-mainstream-corporate-sold-hip-hop-is-self-hating/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [My hope is to get young people to think about ways that they can translate hip-hop's great cultural movement into political power that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/my-hope-is-to-get-young-people-to-think-about-ways-that-they-can/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [Hip-Hop's cultural movement is much larger than the corporate representation. The images most of hip-hop's critics point to are those manufactured by major corporations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/hip-hop-s-cultural-movement-is-much-larger-than-the-corporate/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [Legions of young hip-hop fans are as against this as hip-hop's most fierce critics. There is a huge underground movement within hip-hop circles that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/legions-of-young-hip-hop-fans-are-as-against-this-as-hip-hop-s-most/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [I agree that all kids of all colors love hip-hop. My point in writing the book was to raise questions about the ways the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/i-agree-that-all-kids-of-all-colors-love-hip-hop-my-point-in-writing/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [After many years of hip-hop as a nation we should have the sophistication to accept that their are distinctions between the corporate manifestation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/after-many-years-of-hip-hop-as-a-nation-we-should-have-the/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [We need to look beyond the obvious. Yes, there are minstrel images in hip-hop. Yes, there are demeaning, anti-racist, misogynistic and homophobic representations. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/we-need-to-look-beyond-the-obvious-yes-there-are-minstrel-images-in/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

> [Locally lived hip-hop culture that is giving many of America's youth the tool they need to survive and thrive in America, in the face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bakari-kitwana/locally-lived-hip-hop-culture-that-is-giving-many-of-america-s-youth/)

[Bakari Kitwana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bakari-kitwana/)

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