Our youth has grown up with MTV, BET and because of the entertainment value of these entities our youth have been led astray. Some of our youth can’t distinguish between reality and the entertainment that the aforementioned media giants are feeding us. The trend toward baggy pants and hair that is uncombed has come from this culture that has prevailed the last ten years. Our youth have adopted every trend that has been shown …showed first 75 words of 946 total…

…showed last 75 words of 946 total…life time that will not only parallel the civil rights and Black power movements, but may in fact surpass them. We can hope that the civil rights/Black Power generation will think more deeply about helping these generations find their identity. The hip hop generation has to start thinking more deeply about our youth culture and our enormous responsibility that we have to play a role in, bringing about social change in our life time.