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Hip hop, Sociology, and the Sociology of Hip Hop. Reppin' Cincinnati

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This book brings us up some difficult memories of when I was a xian.

#exvangelical #christianity #postchristianity #booksky #sociology #academicsky

17.02.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New book!!

#Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #EmmettTill #CivilRights #AntiRacism

05.02.2026 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our government has been practicing throughout the world for a long time the methods of repression they are using on American citizens.

02.02.2026 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"The bottom line is this: when the leading nazi jurists assembled in early June 1933 to debate how to institutionalize racism in the third Reich, THEY BEGAN BY ASKING HOW THE AMERICANS DID IT."

#AcademicSky #books #booksky #racism #antiracism ##systemicRacism

28.01.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's agenda!

#books #booksky #academicsky #anticolonialism #DJScrew #HipHop #HipHopSky #Music #MusicSky

27.01.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a tough read. Not just because it makes you face the racial horrors of amerikkka's past but because it also resembles the amerikkkan present so closely.

In conclusion... Fuck Orange!!

#FDT #thisIsAmerikkka

22.01.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Supporting Orange and being a xian should be antithetical.

However, if you study the history of white American evangelicalism, you will recognize that Christ has always been mobilized to oppress people considered "non-white."

Amerikkka was established as a white supremacist Christian nation.
#FDT

22.01.2026 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#antiracism #SystemicRacism #FDT #Resist

16.01.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New book and it is a timely read!

#Books #Booksky #AcademicSky

16.01.2026 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Top 5 #HipHop [Auto]Biographies:

Scarface - Diary of a Madman

Dan Charnas - Dilla Time.

Julia Beverly - Sweet Jones: Pimp C's Trill Life Story.

Rob Kenner - The Marathon Don't Stop: The Life and Times of Nipsey Hussle.

Lance Scott Walker - DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution.

#BookSky #books

07.01.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Capitalism Kills
YouTube video by WhatUpWally? - Topic Capitalism Kills

A little throwback anti-capitalism raps from your boy

#CapitalismKills #Anticapitalism #antiracism #academicSky

youtu.be/fg5Nox-Qi1c?...

29.12.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New book alert!

#KidCudi #HipHop #MusicSky #Music #BookSky #Books #HipHopSky

29.12.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quite a way to start off your essay!

These words were written in 1950 and still strike a nerve today.

AimΓ© CΓ©saire. 1950. Discourse on Colonialism.

#AimeCesaire #AntiColonialism #AcademicSky #BookSky

03.11.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge."

Aime Cesaire. 1944. Poetry and Cognition.

#Poetics #Poetry #AimeCesaire #AntiColonialism #AcademicSky #BooksSky

03.11.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Top 21 #HipHop Albums of 25

Che Noir
JID
Clipse
Devine Carama
Juicy J x Logic
Aesop Rock
Blu
Landon Wordswell
Black Milk
Brother Ali
Vinnie Paz
Cannibal Ox
The Bad Seed
Sha Stimuli
Blueprint
Chance
Myka 9 x Blu
Mobb Deep
OC from NC
Dillon x Paten Locke
Reuben Vincent x 9th Wonder

#MusicSky

03.11.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
A History of Hip Hop | A WhatUpWally? Playlist

Happy Hip Hop History Month!!

Here is a fun playlist to accompany you as you celebrate!

#HipHop #HipHopSky #MusicSky #HipHopHistory #Rap #RapMusic

open.spotify.com/playlist/5Yu...

03.11.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"... there are times in a nation's history when its political climate makes it imperative for intellectuals to take sides."

Henry and Susan Giroux. 2004. Take Back Higher Education: Race, Youth, and the Crisis of Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Era.

#AcademicSky #CriticalPedagogy #BookSky

23.10.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The republican party has been trying to destroy public education since integration.

Orange and its merry band of klansmen are nothing new, we just weren't paying as close attention before orange annointed itself king.

15.10.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We can't just stick our heads in the ground and hope this time will pass. The poets and philosophers, the artists and educators, the rappers and professors need to be at the forefront of resistance and revolution.

08.10.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't see philosophers and artists engaging in much resistance, and it doesn't seem like we think art has the power to transcend our collective despair and inspire revolution.

08.10.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The German anti-fascist philosophers, activists, and artists believed art played a major role in supporting the revolution and resistance. They debated aesthetic theory and wrote great texts about art and revolution.

What role do you think art plays in the anti-fascist movement today?

08.10.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A COVERNMENT DOESN'T ANNOUNCE THAT THEY HAVE BECOME FASCIST, THEY ANNOUNCE ANTI-FASCISTS ARE ENEMIES OF THE STATE.

A COVERNMENT DOESN'T ANNOUNCE THAT THEY HAVE BECOME FASCIST, THEY ANNOUNCE ANTI-FASCISTS ARE ENEMIES OF THE STATE.

06.10.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Top 15 #HipHop Albums of 25

Che Noir x The Other Guys
JID
Clipse
Amadeus360 x Devine Carama
Juicy J x Logic
Aesop Rock
Blu x August Fanon
Landon Wordswell
Black Milk x Fat Ray
Brother Ali x Ant
Vinnie Paz
Cannibal Ox
Shade Cobain x The Bad Seed
Sha Stimuli
Blueprint

#MusicSky

18.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Herbert Marcuse on the power of art:

"Art cannot change the world but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world."

#HerbertMarcuse #CriticalTheory #FrankfurtSchool #AcademicSky #BookSky #Books

18.09.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Being quiet in the face of racism
is racism.

18.09.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was easy to talk about racism in 2020, but what are you doing today when it is dangerous to address the prevailing culture and systems of racial oppression?

Did your activism become a way of life, or was it just a performance for the gram??

#Racism #AntiRacism

16.09.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Systemic Racism and the White Racial Frame

Source: Joe Feagin. 2012. White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics.

#JoeFeagin #SystemicRacism #WhiteRacialFrame #Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #Racism #AntiRacism

02.09.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Book Rec:

If you are looking for a great book to contextualize our contemporary political climate, check this one out!

Joe Feagin. 2012. White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics.

#JoeFeagin #SystemicRacism #Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #Politics #Racism #AntiRacism

02.09.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New book alert!!

#HipHop #HipHopSky #BookSky #Books #Screwston #Houston #DJScrew

22.08.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0