Should music lyrics be censored?
By: Beth Rosenthal, editor
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780737758986; 9780737758993
Subjects: Rap (Music); Social aspects; Censorship
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hip-hop lyrics can be useful teaching tools / Mary Ellen Flannery; title: Hip-hop lyrics have no educational value / John H. McWhorter; title: Society will not suffer if music lyrics are censored / Malcolm X. Abram; title: Society suffers from any form of censorship / Julie Polter; title: Hip-hop lyrics reflect the reality of black urban culture / Nick Marino; title: Hip-hop lyrics do not reflect the reality of most  African-Americans / John H. McWhorter; title: Hip-hop lyrics are degrading to women / Kayce T. Ataiyero; title: Hip-hop lyrics are not degrading to women / Nida Khan; title: Explicit lyrics encourage teen sex / Sarah Knoploh; title: Explicit lyrics do not encourage teen sex / Bonnie Zylbergold; title: Rap and hip-hop music promote violence / Geoff Schumacher; title: Rap and hip-hop music reveal but do not promote violence / Yan Dominic Searcy; title: Racist and sexist rap lyrics must be rejected by African-Americans / Anthony Asadullah Samad; title: Consumers of all races should boycott offensive rap music / Justin D. Ross; title: Music censorship threatens cultural growth and survival in Somalia / Jessica Saxton.