I'm so tired of elected officials, politician wanna-be's, and media whores posturing and pretending that they know what's best for the entire country. Are we Americans so ignorant that we need fringe members of the government to tell us what is and what isn't acceptable entertainment for our kids??...

Renaissance vs. Rap Everything is relative. In the latter part of the 15th century, there began a cultural revolution known as the Renaissance. This artistic rebirth changed the way people lived and thought for the next century and a half. In the last decades of the 20th century, a new vo...

Hip-Hop The Merriam-Webster Colligate dictionary defines Hip-Hop as "a subculture especially of inner-city youths whose amusements include rap music, graffiti, and break dancing; an element or art form prevalent within this subculture." This is a general and to me, a very discriminatory...

Country music and rap music are two totally different musical genres. Despite their musical differences there are some similarities in the concerts and shows the artists put on. There are also many differences between the two. I have attended both types of concerts and seen how two totally differ...

What Kind of Music Should Be Taught? Intro to Music Education In the 1995 film Mr. Holland's Opus, the character, Mr. Holland, was a high school music teacher. He was starting to teach a music program that was in lack of a better word a "disaster." One of the problems he faced...

Improvement in Race Relations Race relations in the United States are much better now than they were when Toni Morrison wrote "A Slow Walk of Trees" 25 years ago. The United States prides itself in being considered the most diverse country in the planet. Living in Los Angeles, Calif...

Improvement in Race Relations Race relations in the United States are much better now than they were when Toni Morrison wrote "A Slow Walk of Trees" 25 years ago. The United States prides itself in being considered the most diverse country in the planet. Living in Los Angeles, California, ...

In an age of error the most influential thing in a child and or a teenagers life is music. Whether it be Reggae, Hip Hop, Gangster Rap, R&B, Oldies Rock, Latin, or Heavy Metal it still has a way to overpower a persons mind no matter how old they are. Right now pretty much everybody that I talk to wh...

What kind of music do you listen too? Jazz, Rock, Rap, Hip-Hop, Gospel, Country? All of these are quite popular here in the United States and THE WORLD. but there is another form of music that you may not know much about that kids our age are dancing too: What is it: TECHNO! Show Previe...

The late twentieth century was a time of great turmoil in racial relations within the United States. Riots broke out in Los Angeles after the beating of Rodney King, and racial profiling was at an all time high with the LAPD's implementation of the CRASH force in a feeble attempt to rid Los An...

Response: Canuck Rock Is Best . . . Yes, I do agree with the thesis, and not only rock music as focused in this article, but all Canadian music. I agree that Canadian music is not American music or British music, but truly Canadian. I like to listen most to Canadian rap artist such as Mono...

Colonized people are people who have been influenced and taken over by another country or power. Puerto Rico has been colonized by Spain and also by the United States. Spain took over Puerto Rico, a small island inhabited by the Taino Indians in 1493. Spain didn't grant freedom to the Puerto Rican ...

In the First Amendment to the Constitution, amongst other things it guarantees freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of association (assembly). However, everywhere you turn today there is some group trying to take some god given right away from us. Freedom of speech is a right...

Dear __________________, For many years, I have been interested in studying law. My interest in pursuing this field began at age five when I first set eyes on a courtroom setting. Even at that early age, I was fascinated. The honorable judge of the courtroom, for some reason unremembered, took me ...

Growing up in America was pretty hard, especially if you're from a different cultural background. Everyday I go to school with kids, who spoke English and went home to a Chinese family, where I spoke some Chinese. I've always questioned my identity. What defined me as Chinese? What defi...

There are many obstacles that this great African American man has defeated and conquered. This thug lays down for no one and has been a sign of courage to just not only me but to many other African Americans and colored people around the world. Tupac is an icon to the music world but to me, a lyri...

I. In Chicago, an 11-year old gang member shoots a 14-year old girl to death. In turn, the young gang member is found dead a few days later with two bullets in the back of his head. His suspected killers are 14 and 16 years old. In Littleton, Colorado, two students opened fire on classmates ...

Are they the same? Organized crime is bad. That statement is just about all I knew about organized crime before this assignment. I never saw any of the 'classic' movies about the Mafia, or even bothered to read anything about them. The only kind of crime that I knew about was the kind...

There has never been a President of the United States that has been removed from office. However, there have been Presidents that have been impeached. Impeachment is when Congress and the Supreme Court exercise what the Constitution calls "Checks and Balances." Contrary to popular belief, impeachm...

When people began to go and commit crimes like drugs, stealing other people property, and even killing other people, rap music was targeted as the reason because of the lyrics. But the artist doesn't sell you the drugs, give you the gun, or pressure you into doing any of these things, people w...

Downtown Madison at night is full of amazing sights and sounds that you can't see anywhere else in town. The large dome of the capital is lit up at night and is like a light house calling people out from there homes and into the wild nightlife that awaits them at the bottom of its white stone...

Chap. One In chapter one, the introduction, it gives the reader some background knowledge of the constitution. In this chapter it breaks down the constitution by explaining the articles. For example: Article 1, the legislative power obtained by Congress, Article 2, the executive power obtained by t...

Short, smart, hardworking, and quiet were stereotypes often labeling Asian Americans since they first started arriving in the 1800's. Since then change has occurred proving such stereotypes to be just that. Certain factors that aided such a change included the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and new immigra...

Causes and Effects of Juvenile Crime One of the biggest problems that the United States is faced with in the present day is juvenile crime. Juvenile crime does not only affect the individuals who commit the crime, it also affects the victim of the crime. This also affects the juvenile in their...

Teen distortion survived abortion What is pornography? The American Heritage Dictionary defines pornography as "written, graphic, or other forms of communication intended to excite lascivious feelings." Other people say, "It is the use of sex to intimidate and control women and chi...