"Acting Like a Man": Hyper-Masculinity through Media and Hip Hop's Lens of Critical Language
Even though literature has the most censored language in our society, modern music and politics can have daring language and topics that need to be fielded by teachers. I've been successful in seeking permission from parents to hold workshops and lessons for young adults on critical language as part of my experience teaching Ethnic Studies. Many young adults learn language that engenders, emasculates, and feminizes concepts, people, and subjects in way that constricts them from positive social interactions within a diversity society. So, in undergoing workshops in college and community centers in neighborhoods, I also modified and adapted with Allen Creighton and Paul Kivel, within the phenomenal work of both Paul Gorski , and Theodore Ransaw's (a colleague of mine) on masculinity, especially in communities of color. Through the lens of Hip Hop culture, media, and music; I first offer discussion questions and facilitate dialogue using the movie Byron Hurt's Documen...