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Urban Music and the "N" Word
Culture. "Culture is the totality of socially transmitted behavior, patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought."(www.dictionary.com)
Black culture…
For this essay, I decided to research on a part of the Black culture that I know well. The Black culture is very broad, but I managed to narrow it down to the most controversial issue I know of: Music and the "N" Word. The "N" word has been one of the most controversial topics in the Black community since I can remember. In this essay, I will elaborate on where it originated, what it meant then and what it means now, how it was used, and why it is such a common word that is used fluently throughout Black society and especially in today's music. Though this word didn't have cruel intentions it evolved into downgrading the Black community centuries ago. To this day it is still used by ignorant people, but the Black community have grasped this concept and formed......

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