1. Compton, California and Harlem, NYC
Rap musicians in the mid-1980s began producing aggressive music against white people for their unfair treatment of black people in the area. ... The reader gets to look into the life of a black person who is truly overwhelmed by white people and the power they have; he wants power in his life over white people but he is too frightened of the power that the white people have over him. ... McKay shows that black people were forcefully taken from their home land of Africa and were turned into slaves for white people. ... The reason this piece would be censored is because white people would not ...
- Word Count: 2640
- Approx Pages: 11
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School