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Title: “From Fly Girls To Bitches And Hos”

Author: Joan Morgan

Date: 1999

Topic: Sexism in Hip-Hop Culture

Analysis of Argument

Exigence: Understanding the cause of sexism in hip-hop

Intended Audience: General Public, esp. women

Purpose: To assist African-American women affected by sexism in the hip-hop community to recognize and distance themselves from it for the sake of both sexes

Claim: Sexism in the hip-hop industry between African-American males and females stems from the deep roots of oppression against the African-American community

The number of black two-parent households has decreased from 74 percent to 48 percent since 1960.

The leading cause of death among black men ages fifteen to twenty-four is homicide. The majority of them will die at the hands of other black men.

“It’s extremely telling that men who can only see us as “bitches” and “hos”  refer to themselves only as “niggas”

Notorious B.I.G. album Ready to Die relefcts his own life experiences ex." Jail, murder, drug dealing, getting paid, partying, sexin’"(603).

Rhetorical Analysis

Writing strategy #1 Pathos

Writing strategy #2 Description as evidence

Writing strategy #3 Cause and effect

Reader Effect #1 The author uses non-traditional text to exemplify her relation to the subject

Reader Effect #2 The author analyzes the works of well known public icons, i.e. Nototrious B.I.G.

Reader Effect #3 The author provides facts and statistics that support her reasoning

Response

Morgan analyzes the social structure of the hip-hop community  and it’s psychological affects on it’s leaders and participants to reason why she has been reduced to “tits and ass”(602) in the media. Years of oppression  It is subsequent to the debilitating pathology that has been integrated into the rap culture.