My second week at AYA something that really caught my attention was our dive into hip-hop/ music culture within the media. Being someone who loves listening to music and would say has a pretty wide range of music taste.I started with a broad idea on music’s role in the media but this quickly unfolded within …
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Youth activism: then vs. now.
The True Asian-American Dream
How much is too much of a sacrifice? With a white picket fence, two kids, two cars in the driveaway, and a house in suburbia, my parents have accomplished the American Dream by any measure. What was once a figment of imagination has manifested into a reality, or simply “the dream of a land in …
Hip Hop inspired me to use my voice
HIP RAP
In the second week of the 2023 USC Annenberg Media, we shortly reviewed topics such as participatory politics, civic media , hip hop , visual literacy , and the history of Japanese in the United States. Gladly , we also got to review the change of digital media and how the thinking of youth developed …
1…2…3…Cheese
Week 2 of AYA has not yet to disappoint. Once again meeting so many new people and continuing to learn new lessons. However, aside from that, one thing I did notice all throughout the week was the power of a camera, and how many appearances they made. Starting with something simple, such as the photographers …
Hip-Hop is my Hymn
“‘Ain’t too many places a girl is safe on this Earth’, I said, ‘I understood,’ but I didn’t, the privilege and the skin that I live in… Think we could make this world a better place For all of our children?” Flowers (feat. MAVI) – TOBi On the train to AYA every morning, I listen …
Hip Hop Culture is Failing Us and so is our Government
Welcome to week two of Annenberg Youth Academy, where we dive deep into important topics such as the music industry, mental health, the role of civic engagement, and the incarceration of Japanese Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Let’s talk about it! Earlier this week, we discussed how the hip hop industry …
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Childish Gambino Summarized Capitalism in 3 Minutes and 45 Seconds
Throughout the years, we’ve asked, “What is America?” Finally, on the fateful day of May 6, 2018, Donald Glover answered. In a single titled “This is America,” Glover, who adopted the pseudonym “Childish Gambino,” encapsulated America worlds away from the status quo of people-pleasing, consumer-oriented hip-hop. Childish Gambino achieved this culmination through three key aspects …
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Communicating Change 