Paragraph Writing: Tupac Song

In the song “My Block”, Tupac is addressing the struggle in the African American community, where issues such as racism and substance abuse appears, thus causing AAVE speakers to strive in this criticizing environment. From the lyrics saying “…the three strikes law is drastic” we can interpret it as saying how the African American people are shown injustice and unfairly treated by the society, just because they are different and considered as “non-standardized English speakers.” Along with this, he talks about how the newer generations are being born into pre-decided fates and that “it’s like a trap.” The use of simile here communicates how African Americans are literally being unconsciously tricked into going involved in dangerous business like drug dealings and such, thus, ending up being recognized only as the nigga “clutching on a four-five”. This implies how African Americans are considered as dangerous people and so, is kept a certain distance with. This labels their whole community as a negative influence and also, degrades their individuality by labelling all of them as a threat to the rest of the non-African-Americans. In conclusion, Tupac communicates issues like discrimination through his rap song by relaying the criticism and racism that African-Americans go through because of their own, unique language of the community and their identity association with it. 

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