An Essay That Proposes Answers to Tuckers Question “what Does It Take for Mothers and Fathers,ministers and Teachers, Music Executives and Television Moguls to Turn (hard-Core Rap) off?
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An essay that proposes answers to Tuckers question “What does it take for mothers and fathers, ministers and teacher, music executives and television moguls to turn (hard-core rap) off?”
Thesis Statement: What can parents; clergy, educators, music executives and television moguls do to
turn around the thug culture in America today.
Introduction: Young adults, mainly males, and mostly black have a rebellious attitude towards todays
society. They grow up rebelling against their elders, going to prison, getting shot, or worst getting killed
on a street corner by a drive by shooter.
Thesis statement restated: Thug culture has affected the way that parents, clergy, educators, music
executives and TV moguls view young adults in our country today.
Cynthia Tucker writes that gangsta rap is “fueling a “thug culture” that is destroying the lives of
black Americans by glorifying, violence, misogyny, and thuggery.
Mothers and father need to take a greater role in the type of music that their children listen to. We
as parents cannot be shocked and appalled, when we hear about a situation where something occurs
regarding the music that our children listen to. We need to be involved in what type of music our
children download or purchase to play on their iPods. How many parents listen to what type of music
their children have on their iPods? Do they ask their children what is downloaded on their devices?
Some parents may feel that this is an intrusion in to their childrens privacy. Let us not act surprised
when something happens that is linked to their choice of music, and say my little Johnny or Mary
would never listen to that sort of music. How would we know if we didnt listen to what was on their
devices in the first place? Older siblings should be aware that what they listen to is not appropriate to
their younger brothers and sisters. What a teenager listens to is not the same type of music that a
young child should be listening to. The teenagers mentality and listening habits are completely different
for what a grade school child should listen to. Most teenagers today listen to the hard-core rap, which
is not appropriate for younger children to listen to. Not all rap music is bad, but there is a time and
place for everything. Music that demeans women, and praises the shooting of police officers and rivals,
is not something that should be glorified. Young children grow up listening to this and get the wrong
idea. Tucker contends that parents as a whole do not get involved enough in what todays young
adults are listening to but the way they treat each other in todays society.
Todays clergy and educators should take a stronger role in enlightening the youth of today. Just
by standing at a pulpit and preaching to a congregation is not enough. Our church leaders should go
out into the community and reach out to the youth and tell them what the consequences of growing
up listening to this type of music can lead to. Minister should praise the youth that dont listen to this
hard-core rap music. They should use them as an example to the rest of the youths that you can be
a normal person just like the rest