Politics. Music. Pop Culture.

As we all know, Donald Trump is the most controversial Presidential Candidate of our time. I'm not really sure what to think of his statements and his retractions. He is a business man at heart and it shows through his debates. He has called out candidates for Trumps contributions towards their campaigns. Regardless of his ridiculousness, he's still popular. A part of me thinks he pays people to stand in the crowd to root for him. I wouldn't be all that surprised if that were the actual case.

A question was posed in our class about rap music being a "good representation" of black/or minority cultures in America. The responses we got varied and the majority seemed to have this understanding of rap music and what they say aren't what we would consider to be "reality", in the sense of it's not to be taken seriously. I'm sure there is a small group of people on earth that derive their life lessons from music, however, when given thought, rap is music, and music doesn't always have the best of messages.

Pop Culture in America has grown since its beginnings and continues to grow as a popular topic of conversation. Topics like Gay Marriage/Marriage Equality, Media, Video Games, Sexism are always hot topics of discussion. In the Pop Culture realm, comedians that speak on the topics such as abortion, domestic violence, and even rap receive an interesting mix of hatred and sympathy towards their cynical attitude. If not able to speak of these topics, how do we get over them?

YALE & MIZZOU

Early November, both the Universities of YALE and The University Of Missouri have taken on a lot of media coverage over the protests that are still continuing. Initially, the protests were over racism and since, have sparked a nation wide outrage. As a response, a professor at Harvard University said, “They may want superficial diversity, because for them diversity is a code word for “more of us”. 

Trigger Warnings are being issued before any given talk which warn students that what they are about to hear or read may invoke a negative emotional response. A lesser known subject that may have an effect on these protests are Speech Codes. According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) 54% of public universities and 59% of private universities impose politically correct speech codes.

A question that I had was if these Speech Codes had any sort of reproductions and if so, are these protests in violation of such codes?