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- Title
From Slavery to Hip-Hop: Punishing Black Speech and What's "Unconstitutional" About Prosecuting Young Black Men Through Art.
- Authors
Tibbs, Donald F.; Chauncey, Shelly
- Abstract
The article discusses what the authors refer to as the unconstitutional use of rap music and associated video recordings to prosecute and convict young Black men in American criminal proceedings, and it mentions racial inequality in the U.S., prosecutorial decisionmaking, and the punishment of Black speech in the country. Bad faith and America's history of Slavery are examined, along with a prosecutor's use of rap music lyrics in a trial as evidence of a defendant's personality.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RAP music; BLACK men; CONSTITUTIONAL law; SPEECH -- Law &; legislation; DECISION making in prosecution; BAD faith (Law); SLAVERY in the United States; SONG lyrics; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); STATUS (Law); HISTORY
- Publication
Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, 2016, Vol 52, p33
- ISSN
1533-4686
- Publication type
Article