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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Nielson, Erik, 1976- author.
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African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Rap musicians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Freedom of expression -- United States.
Rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Rap on trial : race,...
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Rap on trial : race, lyrics, and guilt in America / Erik Nielson and Andrea L. Dennis ; with a foreword by Killer Mike.
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Nielson, Erik, 1976- author.
New York : The New Press, 2019.
Subjects
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Rap musicians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Freedom of expression -- United States.
Rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- United States.
ISBN:
9781620973400 (hardcover) :
1620973405 (hardcover) :
Description:
xii, 203 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Foreword by Killer Mike -- Introduction -- Hip Hop : From the Margins to the Mainstream -- Rap Enters the Courtroom -- Lyrics, Stereotypes, and Bias -- What About the First Amendment? -- Aggressive Prosecutors and Untrained Experts -- Surveillance, Suppression, and the Rise of Gang Units -- Conclusion -- Epilogue
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"A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color"--
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Hawaii State Library
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345.03089 Ni
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