Study shows black youth are politically involved, critical of rap music and skeptical of a post–racial society

October 19, 2010

 

Many of the assumptions people have about black youth—that they are politically detached and negatively influenced by rap music and videos—are false stereotypes, according to a new University of Chicago study by Prof. Cathy Cohen, based on surveys and conversations with the youth themselves.

 

Black youth say they are politically involved, critical of many messages in rap and skeptical of the idea that the country has entered a post–racial era. They also are socially conservative on political issues such as same–sex marriage, said Cohen, the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science and lead researcher of the study.

 

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