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I am going to share something that works with my students and with my colleagues and has worked at professional conferences and presentations.
It's a breakdown of the Outkast video, "The Whole World"
The video is themed around a three-ring circus with a mostly white, middle/upper class white people who clap and sway in rhythm. Andre 3000 is the ringmaster and in each verse, Andre, Killer Mike, and Big Boi appear as a stereotypes of black culture. First, a voodoo man. Then a gangster. Then a pimp.
And the chorus is the lines:
"Cause the whole, world, loves it when you don't get down
And the whole, world, loves it when you make that sound
And the whole, world, loves it when you're in the news
And the whole, world, loves it when you sang the blues"
so, we break down lyrics. We talk about the imagery. We analyze the theme of consuming black culture and asking ourselves how much do we - as white outsiders and consumers - actually care about the artists and entertainers. Do we care. Or do we just want to be entertained and that's it. They make sounds. They make the news. They sing the blues. We all love it, watch it.
But do we care? And if we say we care, how do we show it?
Anyway, here is the video - the song is incredible. The video is even more powerful.
It's a breakdown of the Outkast video, "The Whole World"
The video is themed around a three-ring circus with a mostly white, middle/upper class white people who clap and sway in rhythm. Andre 3000 is the ringmaster and in each verse, Andre, Killer Mike, and Big Boi appear as a stereotypes of black culture. First, a voodoo man. Then a gangster. Then a pimp.
And the chorus is the lines:
"Cause the whole, world, loves it when you don't get down
And the whole, world, loves it when you make that sound
And the whole, world, loves it when you're in the news
And the whole, world, loves it when you sang the blues"
so, we break down lyrics. We talk about the imagery. We analyze the theme of consuming black culture and asking ourselves how much do we - as white outsiders and consumers - actually care about the artists and entertainers. Do we care. Or do we just want to be entertained and that's it. They make sounds. They make the news. They sing the blues. We all love it, watch it.
But do we care? And if we say we care, how do we show it?
Anyway, here is the video - the song is incredible. The video is even more powerful.