Monday, November 25, 2013

Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation

Greetings, Class Community.

We have been viewing Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation.

Please place your reflections here.

How did viewing this documentary affirm, change, or complicate what you know or understand about African American Culture in the 1980s-1990s?

How did viewing this documentary affirm, change, or complicate what you know or understand about the intersections of Hip Hop Culture and African Americans?

How did viewing this documentary affirm, change, or complicate what you know or understand about the intersections of the prison industrial complex, public fear, and African Americans? Is there a connection to earlier notions of public fear?

If your opinions are supported by evidence from our text book or outside resources, please notify us.  Cite the source or post the link.

Sincerely,

Dr. Hill