In a study conducted by The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy, 28% of U.S. adults — nearly 70 million people — agreed that hip-hop’s musical and cultural history should be taught in schools. That percentage increases to 38% when the question is posed to those with children under 18 in the household.
The results, titled “Attitudes toward the Teaching of Hip-Hop History and Culture,” are part of a larger survey, which examined ways that rap and hip-hop are perceived by the general public.
The Reputation of Hip-Hop 2015, was designed by Dr. Joy Marie Sever, the Center’s Director of Research (with data collection overseen by digital market research firm Toluna).
While nearly a third of the respondents do not believe hip-hop is a worthy subject, most interesting are the 31% of those surveyed who seem unsure of what to think, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
“This demonstrates an important opportunity to educate the public about the expansiveness of hip-hop,” explained Manny Faces, the hip-hop journalist who founded The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy and co-authored the survey. “So many people think hip-hop is simply a genre of music, but we’re seeing groundbreaking work when hip-hop is incorporated into fields such as education, mental health care, the technology sector and more. Our mission is to amplify those examples and help educate the public through research, journalism and outreach.”
For information about The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy and the research, email info@hiphopadvocacy.org.
source: Dee Dee Branch
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