brainwashed by depicting it, and forget what love, respect, and the value of a relationship really means.
             Bell Hooks also states that emotionally shut down black males like Tupac Shakur, often try to epitomize a desired masculinity, which means young black males who were picked on, pushed down, and abused took on the "hard" image to escape that way of life. Because of Tupac being the so- called spokesperson for these young ,"thugged out", black males, she claims that they are not socialized, or conditioned to take responsibility for a life, nonetheless , their own . She feels tha
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