The Young Black Male and Rap Music I am going to study the role of a young black male in today's society. I will look at the pressures that predominantly black music puts on the young black male and the kind of impression it can make on them. When a young black male is presented, some people might think of lazy, drug and alcohol users, own weapons, and people that talk in the "Ebonics" language. …
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…say because that's what they grew up doing. So that also shows you that some young black males do follow what the not so flattering norms put on them. From what we've seen from the four songs earlier some young black males do like drugs and alcohol, do like womanizing, and also like talking about killing. Even though some of these "norms" or "stereotypes" are not true for all, they are obviously true for some.