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Methods of Development I Answers

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Which evidence from "Hip Hop Planet” best supports the idea that some people have a hard time embracing hip-hop?

A
“There were no white people in the room, though I confess I wished there had been, if only to hide the paleness of my own frightened face.”
B
“And on top of this loop, a kid spouted a rhyme about how he was the best disc jockey in the world.”
C
“For the next 26 years, I high-stepped past that music the way you step over a crack in the sidewalk.”
D
“Not since the advent of swing jazz in the 1930s has an American music exploded across the world with such overwhelming force.”
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“In doing so, I missed the most important cultural event in my lifetime.”
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Which aspect of McBride’s thesis does the evidence in this excerpt most support?

A
People show up at hip-hop concerts to protest the music.
B
The music industry aims its marketing at white teenagers.
C
Teenagers are eager to learn more about the roots of hip-hop.
D
Hip-hop is a voice for people from diverse circumstances and backgrounds.
E
Hip-hop continues to be the purview of primarily urban youth.
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How does McBride justify his acceptance of hip-hop as a universal voice despite its inclusion of violence?

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He chooses to ignore the violent parts of the lyrics.
B
He suggests that it is justified because hip-hop’s history is violent.
C
He realizes its importance in telling the difficult truths about inequality.
D
He implies that he simply grew tired of fighting a losing battle.
E
He decides he can work to change hip-hop only if he first embraces it.
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Which evidence best supports the idea that hip-hop delivers an important universal message? Check all that apply.

A
“Earlier that night, somebody tossed a record on the turntable, which sent my fellow students stumbling onto the dance floor, howling with delight.”
B
“I high-stepped away from that music for 26 years because it was everything I thought it was, and more than I ever dreamed it would be.”
C
“In China, teens spray-paint graffiti on the Great Wall. In France it has been blamed, unfairly, for the worst civil unrest that country has seen in decades.”
D
“It is a music that defies definition, yet defines our collective societies in immeasurable ways.”
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To many of my generation, despite all attempts to exploit it, belittle it, numb it, classify it, and analyze it, hip hop remains an enigma, a clarion call, a cry of ‘I am’ from the youth of the world.”

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