The article “My Heart Is As black as
yours” is about a phrase that was not taking in a good way by the African
American crowd in Harlem by Mario Procaccino . The African American crowd took
it as them being insulted. Procaccino intention was not to insult the African
American community but to help them in a better proper place. Procaccino was
running as a third party candidate as senate. Procaccino actions consequesntly
hurt him with the media. Reporters called his campaign supporters and him the
“anti-blacks and racist” group. This caused white ethnic groups to be directed
more in a hostile way in urban America. This article gain a lot of attention
due to the race being a key factor in a lot of segregation and discrimination
that were going on in 1969.
Lizzi, Maria C. "My Heart Is a
S Black as Yours"" Web.ebscohost.com. Journal of American
Ethnic History, Spring 2008. Web.
May 11
The article “White
Mutants of Straight Edge” talks about nonviolent and anti-racist Straight Edge youth
movement. In which supports abstinence from recreational drug use and sex, into
a number of sections promoting racist violence and homophobia. The author Gabriel
Smith puts in his documents the historical relationship between the movement
and the hardcore music scenes. He believes that sex, drugs. And alcohol
triggers the youth movement under “clean living”. He is very interested in the similarities and
differences between Straight Edge and other avant-garde social and political
movements. The incorporation of veganism into the movement's ideology is
explained, as is the general trend towards a militant enforcement. The punk subculture
resulted into students to be more of the post-war-working-class as the youth culture.
I found this article to relate to Gitlen and Kupliean articles we discussed in
class all three articles ties into the subculture of kids getting into drugs,
sec, alcohol, music etc.
Smith, Gabriel. "White Mutants of Straight Edge." Web.ebscohst.com.
Journal of Popular
Culture, 1
June 2011. Web. 12 May 11.
Third Quarter Score: 10
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