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Dr: Ish Dissertation: Strictly 4 My Niggaz: Thug Life and My Other Brother (MOB) as Revolutionary Praxis (Chapter 2 only)

P(ossibli)TEAs

Problem/Purpose/- State the primary problems or purpose that the authors are aiming to address in the video or reading as it pertains to education/schooling

Looking at the video in this case, the main problem that the same is seeking to address is the issue of racism that was being experienced by the black people in that time and they were being oppressed by the government. In this case therefore, the MOB specifically centers on the issue of identity and consciousness. This video therefore captures specifically how people and particularly students experience and resists racialization and the interventions that MOB provides to these specific experiences. This video therefore looks at an academic perspective and success, it looks at how people and specifically black students are treated by the government and how this affects not only their lives but also the academic performance of the students. The main purpose of this video therefore is to understand how racism among black students in college affects their performance academically and how this also makes the students rebel against the system and decide to come up with their own systems. This therefore aims to celebrate the Black man that uses his political racialization to “bang on the system” while still achieving academic success within that same system as praxis to change the system through education.

Tintiangco-Cubales 2009

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Theories- Synthesize the main theories (the main idea) used in the reading or video. Ask yourself, “what is the main idea behind what I am seeing in this reading or video that the author is trying to express.”

Looking at the video in this case, the main idea surrounds T.H.U.G L.I.F.E, this is more of like a movement that is not only against the racialization that is being seen in the system but also it is against the whole system in the government. The video specifically looks at the system in terms of racial activities against the blacks that are being witnessed and also how this has been affecting the academic success of the students in colleges and how the black people can come up with their own systems that favors them. The artist in the video is therefore trying to express his opinions on racial issues in the system and how the system is against the black people and that the only way to make the system favor them is by being against it radically and in the process coming up with systems that will favor the black people academically and even in life generally.

Tintiangco-Cubales 2009

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Evidence/Examples- Summarize the evidence used by the author/ scholar to test or prove the theories presented in their work. (This should include direct quotes from the text or video)

The singer in this case used different examples and evidence in the process of proving the theory or rather the issues that he was presenting in his song. Through his songs, Tupac Shakur specifically mentions different cases where harassment which is based on racial differences especially among the black people is established and is insisted on. It is therefore on this case that for example Tupac says that “They don’t give a fuck about us” and that “I guess it’s because we are black that we are targets” (2pac, 2010). This words do in themselves propagate the aspect and the goal of the T.H.U.G L.I.F.E. these words and examples of the phrases that are used in the song are specifically the things that are needed in the process of ensuring that as black people they do get the confidence of standing on their own and fighting for their rights.

Tintiangco-Cubales 2009

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Analysis/Application/Action- Show the significance of the reading or video and how it applies to:

1. Your philosophical beliefs about education/ schooling in society 2. Your personal experience with education/schooling as it pertains to race and/or class issues 3. Actions that can be taken to address aspects of education and establish justice through a fair/ equity lens

The video in this case by Tupac Shakur has a significant impact and it in different ways does apply to my philosophical beliefs about schooling in the society in a way that the radicalization presented and propagated by the artist seeks to empower the marginalized people and this specifically helps in not only pushing for change but also seeking attention from the relevant authorities. The video in this case also reflects my experience that is specifically had when it comes to race in school. The blacks in my own experience have always been treated in a way that is considered to be bad and not equal and this specifically brings about the issue of resistance and even poor performance which only makes things bad in the society at large. In order to therefore bring about change and reduce the issue of racial injustices and unfairness, there are different things that can be done in order to bring about the changes and specifically in the schooling system. One of the things that should be done is to come up with policies that would help in ensuring that harsh consequences are given to those people who are propagators of racial abuse.

Tintiangco-Cubales 2009