The Culture Industry, Hip Hop Music, and the White Perspective

• In Event: 557 - Theory Section Refereed Roundtable Session and Business Meeting
  In Refereed Roundtable 60min: Table 03. Race, Space, and Culture

Abstract

I theorize the effect of the culture industry’s cycle of assumptions on the one-dimensional representation of hip hop music and its reflection and reinforcement of Whites’ perceptions of Blacks and Black Culture. The reinforcement of Whites’ historically negative racial attitudes emerge unintended through a complex cycle of assumptions between the director (culture industry), the author (hip hop artist), and the audience (White consumers).

Author

• Walter Edward Hart, Texas A&M University