Hip-Hop

The essay “ The Miseducation of Hip- Hop- Discrimination in Education” is about how this genre of music is affecting the youth of today and how many college faculty stereotypes any student they see dressing or acting like this music. What the professor’s aren’t seeing is how, though there are some bad sides to this music as with any genre, most students listen and follow the lighter more positive side of Hip-hop. Jason Hinmon, for example, just because he dresses in baggy jeans and shirts or wears gold chains, it does not mean that he will be a bad student, just that he prefers different music to what others listen to. He should not be stereotyped just because of the way he dresses, professors need to look at his past and present academics and let that speak for them. Though they should clean themselves up when going to a job interview, most students view the classroom as a place where they can dress as they please and not be viewed as trouble just by wearing baggy clothes.

Source
Evelyn, Jamilah. "The Miseducation Of Hip-Hop." Pop perspectives: readings to critique contemporary culture. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, 2008. 599-565. Print.