Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-105) and index.
Contents
Hip-hop lyrics can be useful teaching tools / Mary Ellen Flannery -- Hip-hop lyrics have no educational value / John H. McWhorter -- Society will not suffer if music lyrics are censored / Malcolm X. Abram -- Society suffers from any form of censorship / Julie Polter -- Hip-hop lyrics reflect the reality of black urban culture / Nick Marino -- Hip-hop lyrics do not reflect the reality of most African-Americans / John H. McWhorter -- Hip-hop lyrics are degrading to women / Kayce T. Ataiyero -- Hip-hop lyrics are not degrading to women / Nida Khan -- Explicit lyrics encourage teen sex / Sarah Knoploh -- Explicit lyrics do not encourage teen sex / Bonnie Zylbergold -- Rap and hip-hop music promote violence / Geoff Schumacher -- Rap and hip-hop music reveal but do not promote violence / Yan Dominic Searcy -- Racist and sexist rap lyrics must be rejected by African-Americans / Anthony Asadullah Samad -- Consumers of all races should boycott offensive rap music / Justin D. Ross -- Music censorship threatens cultural growth and survival in Somalia / Jessica Saxton.