Computers and Writing

Cool is culturally constructed by religion, media, literature music, family traditon, and fashion. Evertything is culturally constructed. They are not ideas that are not taken from literature, but passed down from generation to generation. Culture is a major part of cool. In the 1960’s it was cool for whites to be better than blacks. It was fine for blacks to be oppressed and whites empowered. Blacks struggled to have a place in white America. This was a form of cool for Blacks. There struggle in society with cultural, economic and political issues.

Afican Americans were oppressed, but kept trying to be empowered. Great African American leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X, put hope in the hearts of many for equality. Blacks were denied access to white America. Cool for African American in the 1960’s was the hope for equality in the future.

In the chapter 7 it is cool to be an African American and oppression is a problem of the past. In hip hop, artists and DJ’s are sampling old records with their new songs. I believe these artists should not have to get permission or pay the original artists for their records. Will’s Smith’s “Getting Jiggy With It”, has a sample of Sister Ledge’s, “He’s the Greatest Dancer”. P-Diddy’s “I’ll be Missing You”, samples Police’s, “Every Break You Take”.

Sampling is using original beats from a record that is not your own. The new artist are bringing back the past with their new songs and that artist also