to respond to violence in the community, but also to reflect what was happening within it. As many poor neighborhoods of color became further devastated in the 1980s and 1990s, gangster rap lyrics started to come out an echoing the proliferation of guns, gangs and prison culture mentalities. For many young men and boys, hyper masculinity is difficult from race and class. Anti-violence educator Jackson Katz explains it: “If you're a young man growing up in this culture and the culture is telling you…
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