Persuasive Essay On Hip Hop Fashion

Working at an inner city high school were 93% of the students are minorities and 40% of those minorities are African American, you become up to date with the latest in trends and current hip-hop fashion. Male students with growing dreads, long fitted shirts, sagging skinny jeans, overpriced sneakers and gold chains are seen daily, walking up and down the Manual High School hallways. This is a vogue that can be seen in black communities throughout America. A vogue that can be seen on the cover of hip-hop magazines like XXL. The latest issue of XXL pictures nine black rappers (five of them who are growing dreads), wearing designer shirts, gold chains, gold watches and sagging skinny jeans. Its evident that these rappers are the figures that the students at Manual High School are imitating. And there is nothing wrong with imitating todays hip-hop fashion. But what happens when the black youth …show more content…
He holds a glass of Vodka on the rocks in the same hand that shows off a fancy gold watch around his wrist. Walking towards him is a mysterious blonde female in a skin tight, black dress. The ad reads "see where good taste takes you." So now, any young black male reading this magazine has just been induced by the curiosity of all the wonderful things that good taste can help you acquire. But, the reality is that the consumption of alcohol in black communities, gets you nowhere. The University of California, Berkley, reported that Marketers' messages are increasingly reinforced by hip-hop culture. An anlysis of rap lyrics showed 64 percent of the most popular songs released in 2002 to 2005 referenced alcohol. One can only imagine how much rap lyrics referencing alcohol, have increased from 2005 until currently. Brittany Buchanan stated in a CAMY article that alcohol is the most widely used drug among African-American youth and contributes to many health and social problems, including

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