[ ARCHIVED CATALOG ] 2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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[ ARCHIVED CATALOG ] 2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SWK 220HM - UE: Hip Hop and Social Justice

3 credits

This course will engage the social justice content through the lens of Hip-Hop culture as a vehicle for creating a platform of expression for marginalized, oppressed, and vulnerable persons and groups. Hip-Hop culture will frame the exploration of social, economic, and environmental justice content and highlight the interconnectedness of privilege and oppression. Students will utilize Hip-Hop music, art, spoken word, poetry, etc. to explore the social and political history of the United States including the challenges of both individual and systematic discrimination. This framework will provide the structure for students to develop an understanding of the various discourses of social justice and to examine what anti-oppressive practice (in any setting) may look like. Students will use their skills in reflection, oral and written communication, and creative expression to demonstrate a better understanding of how storytelling in hip-hop culture exposes social isolation, economic disadvantage, structural inequality, and lack of access to power.