"We do not resist the distractions and bad influences of technology, television, and rap music taking over our lives, letting popular culture rule and permitting the developmental needs of our kids to get overlooked."
In the broader context, it is a valid point that there are a variety of other factors that are at play when we are educating our children. But I take great offense at the inclusion of rap music, largely because of the cultural context of the music. Why not simply say music? Is the rap music made largely by African Americans that much worse, as an influence, than say the country music made by white people?
I think there is an issue of parents filtering what their children see or use, with age-appropriateness being of particular importance. But I take exception at rap music being singled out.
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I completely agree with your viewpoint, but I will point out that rap music (and pop music) that are of a particularly content devoid nature (you know the ones that only talk about sex and bling and etc.) seem to share a special spotlight on venues like MTV. There is some really great rap in the world with important, savvy, real life issues at the core that include political views as well as just real emotion about life, but that is not the rap I typically see when I turn on MTV. Perhaps kids are to some extent being exposed to sort of the worst of the bunch, even though I agree the generalization was not fair to make and could be seen as racially charged.
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