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 could make the same case about the church and our government. But hip-hop, like society, isn't… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
I'm not a poster boy for misogyny and I don't think hip-hop should be either. — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
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… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
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… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
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… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
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… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
“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… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
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… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
I agree that a lot of mainstream corporate sold hip-hop is self-hating. — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
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… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
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… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
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… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
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… — Bakari Kitwana Copy Share Image
