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Peace With Self > War With the World

Peace With Self  > War With the World Would you rather be at war with yourself and at peace with the world or peace with yourself and war with the world? This question can evaluate where one’s value lies within themselves. The Last Lap documents Nipsey Hussle’s life as he grew his audience and his ventures in life. Through all of his successes and failures, he was able to truly find himself even with outside pressures influencing him. Every artist along with Nipsey “pours their emotions into their music” (Rosas). This release helps him to express his true self to the world. In the documentary, The Last Lap , the directors examine culture, identity, and tradition as a means of discovering one’s true self. The directors examine culture as a means of discovering one’s true self through the documentary of Nipsey Hussle. Nipsey states that “the first time I heard myself over a beat was on a Doggfather Intro” ( Lap 8:52). In elementary school a friend named Jermaine had a computer in...
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Influence Influence Influence

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 Influence Influence Influence      The images people consume every day have major effects on their opinions. Even if the image is distorted, sadly it will still be consumed for how it’s presented. The saying “perception is reality” is real when it comes to the consumption of the media. African Americans have been heavily portrayed negatively in the media in the past, but it has significantly grown to differ. What’s most important though is how African Americans ultimately represent themselves out in the world.  Image is one of the most significant parts of African American culture as it represents who we are as a people, our traditions, and our unity.      The image certainly represents African American people as a whole and what they represent. Images can be distorted through the media and different experiences. James Baldwin wrote in A Letter to My Nephew, “Other people cannot see what I see whenever I look into your father’s face, for behind y...
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