The Slump God Music Video 'Burn The Hoods'

The corruption began in the 1980’s but peaked during the early 1990’s (Law, 2017). After Hurricane Katrina hit, the police department became known for the prejudice, abuse and criminality that spread throughout the department (Ramsey, 2015). These problems surfaced and of course, the department faced backlash, leading to distrust between officers and black civilians (Ramsey, 2015). Incidents like these have become a common theme amongst police distrust.

Political forces, which are controlled by the government, can majorly influence and change the way people live their life. From the Federal Housing Administration, which enabled citizens to become homeowners by underwriting mortgages, to the Interstate Highway Act, that change the route of expressways, political forces can dramatically change the way a city runs and functions. Wilson (2011) states, “In short, public housing became a federally funded institution that isolated families by race and class, resulting in high concentrations of poor black families in inner-city ghettos” (pg. 14). Wilson describes political forces as

When reports are compiled, the average person expects to see some disparities because depending what races live in certain areas, then of course you are going to have a higher rate of incarceration depending on who is living in that area. If you live in any area, eventually you will have some interaction with police whether you are a white or black person. However, this report states that police intentionally interact with black residents more, over 60 percent more. That statistic points to intentional stops and harassment by police or as the article states “profit from poverty by extracting money from residents for minor infractions such as moving violations, occupancy permit violations, business permit violations and code violations. It’s a system built on a history of racial discrimination, one that supports far too many towns and the public officials who work for them considering the size of the county, and one that makes the survival of some of those towns contingent on issuing an extraordinary number of citations, arrest warrants and

In his music video “I’m Not Racist”, Joyner tells the story of a white Trump supporter and a young black man. The song consists of two main verses, one told

A Mother Jones article, written by Jack Hitt, explores the dangers of having police officers act as a revenue agent for a city. This article, titled, “Police Shootings Won’t Stop Unless We Also Stop Shaking Down Black People” exposes police’s incentives on the exploitations of minorities. Police departments are forced to help raise revenue for their city and by doing that, they are also funding their own salaries. When they are pressured to distribute a specific number of tickets and fines to meet their quotas, some police do whatever they can. One tactic discussed in the article, is the stopping of individual minorities (specifically blacks) for minor traffic offenses. This usually ended up in the perpetrator receiving fines for other crimes

This music is very theatrical, and it has some of the most complex and compelling symbolism in music far and wide, even in genres outside of rap, which is known for having very meaningless music videos that relate very little to the content at times. Of course, this master writer and actor is the one to pioneer such an impressive style of video where the lyrics relate very little to the video, but the video builds on the lyrics massively. According to Vulture, “Fans have, since the month began, called that balance of talents and interests ‘genius.’ People are still not entirely used to creatives, least of all black ones, being well-versed in the inner workings of more than two fields of play” (Vulture). This song came ahead of its time, and its value is only more evident after the murder of George Floyd and the spark that led to the Black Lives Matter social

In recent years’ police departments around the country have been brought into the public eye. Due to their actions towards African Americans many have become suspicious about the criminal justice system and the amount of trust that can be bestow upon them. The public has only focused on police but fail to realize that this goes deeper into the system itself. There have been many court cases where African Americans have received harsher punishments than Whites for very similar crimes. This shows that it may not only be one part of the system that are treating African Americans badly. There are multiple areas that misuse their power against them and this didn’t just start to occur recently this had been occurring for years.

Today's government has become more corrupt then it has ever been since the past 20 years. Racism and Religion was a huge inconvenience for any type of federal or government job. In today's society our government attacks anything and anyone that is colored “Black” verbally and physically. Just for the same reason that they are that specific color, for the past years they have had a very bad reputation when it comes to violence and criminal records. African American men are the main ones to be attacked by any type of federal agency because of their background history of slaves and the cruel treatment they would receive during past years.

Inefficient policing resulting from the high tensions between law enforcement and minority races has called the issue of racial profiling and corruption within the American justice system to national attention. Many citizens now demand an end to the improper treatment and wrongful deaths of people of color on the basis that all races should be treated equally by law enforcement officials.

Childish Gambino's "This Is America" music video is a tour de force of visual rhetoric, blending powerful imagery, symbolism, and social commentary to provoke thought and ignite conversation. Through a comprehensive analysis of its rhetorical elements, we can unravel the layers of meaning embedded within the video, shedding light on its profound messages about race, violence, and culture in America. Imagery and Symbolisms The opening scene captures viewers' attention with Childish Gambino striking a pose, reminiscent of Jim Crow caricatures, before launching into a frenetic dance routine. This comparison of caricature and performance sets the tone for the video's exploration of racial stereotypes and entertainment culture.

This book effectively explains the racial inequality in the justice system, and how crime is only being handled and not reformed. A quote from an FBI agent during a meeting about crime in Newark with Booker shows how police fit into the justice system: “‘We don’t solve this problem. We just attend to the symptoms of the problem’” (Booker, 2016). This section talks about how the police in Newark, or any other city for that matter, do not provide a solution to crime.

The lack of trust that has been established between law enforcement and black communities is in-part due to unfair

(Nkansah-Amankra, Agbanu, Miller, 2013) Poverty has played a role in the criminal justice system when it comes to court cases when African-Americans are set of bonds they are usually set so they will not be able to pay for it and be maintained in jails. This was a way to keep government money coming in, into those departments for them to use those funding’s for their own policing needs. Not only did it pay them for playing the system and the people to achieve this. They mainly played minorities such as African Americans. They specifically targeted this group because of the statistics they manipulated would make it easier for them to “target” crime and receive the funding’s to help lower

I believe that this song relates to racism because of the way the English colonists and native Americans describe each other. In the song “Savages” the English colonists and the native Americans describe each other as “Barely even human” they say this because they think they are not the same people. Sure enough, this is one of the problems that the world faces every single day but in particular, the United States. As you may know, in January 20, 2017, Donald Trump commenced his presidency as the 45th president of the United States. As this was good news for some, for others it was not, because this was known to bring more racial tension to the United States, and it did. For example, in August of 2017, the Neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia occurred. It turned out very violent and

The premise of this statement includes evidence of incidents to the issues with police misconduct within the past. For example, Murphy adds police were forced to fulfill quotas, and coincidentally, “local law enforcement may target the easiest violators – low-level drug offenders – to increase their arrest numbers” (Murphy 2015). Which led to Murphy’s provided statistic of racial profiling, “In New York City, the number of stops of young black men in 2011 – 168,000 – exceeded the city’s population of young black men – roughly 158,000.” Murphy adds, “It looks like biased policing for low level drug offenses in the nation’s capital, where 91% of those arrested for marijuana possession in 2010 were black” (Murphy 2015). That eventually led to this concluding statistic, “Policing looks like militarization – a grenade tossed into a crib critically injuring a sleeping child just to execute a search warrant for $50 worth of drugs in small-town Cornelia, Georgia... And across this country, policing looks like excessive and deadly use of force, used against people of color, including children and¬ the mentally ill” (Murphy