Monday, 9 December 2013

Historical Text - 1980's - Public Enemy - ways in which this subverts my original question

The nation of Islam - this included separatism and the members of Public Enemy believed in this; with their strong controversial points within their songs with the famous quote of 'Elvis was a hero to most But he never meant shit to me you see Straight up racist that sucker was Simple and plain Mother fuck him and John Wayne Cause I'm Black and I'm proud'

Talking about how as white people such as Elvis or John Wayne believe in racism, black people such as the members of Public Enemy believed within and were for this argument of wanting white people to be separate from the black people. This movement was called The Nation Of Islam, leading to influencing more people to create a divide between black and white people. This goes with my case study as it links to a direct contrast between the negative portrayals of rappers influencing negative things such as drugs, alcohol, violence etc. within society. However, Public Enemy were a heavily influential group upon the political problems within society and would try to start a 'war' leading to the 

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