WhatUpWally?
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Hip hop, Sociology, and the Sociology of Hip Hop.
Reppin' Cincinnati
Reppin' Cincinnati
Quite a way to start off your essay!
These words were written in 1950 and still strike a nerve today.
Aimé Césaire. 1950. Discourse on Colonialism.
#AimeCesaire #AntiColonialism #AcademicSky #BookSky
These words were written in 1950 and still strike a nerve today.
Aimé Césaire. 1950. Discourse on Colonialism.
#AimeCesaire #AntiColonialism #AcademicSky #BookSky
November 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Quite a way to start off your essay!
These words were written in 1950 and still strike a nerve today.
Aimé Césaire. 1950. Discourse on Colonialism.
#AimeCesaire #AntiColonialism #AcademicSky #BookSky
These words were written in 1950 and still strike a nerve today.
Aimé Césaire. 1950. Discourse on Colonialism.
#AimeCesaire #AntiColonialism #AcademicSky #BookSky
"Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge."
Aime Cesaire. 1944. Poetry and Cognition.
#Poetics #Poetry #AimeCesaire #AntiColonialism #AcademicSky #BooksSky
Aime Cesaire. 1944. Poetry and Cognition.
#Poetics #Poetry #AimeCesaire #AntiColonialism #AcademicSky #BooksSky
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Poetic knowledge is born in the great silence of scientific knowledge."
Aime Cesaire. 1944. Poetry and Cognition.
#Poetics #Poetry #AimeCesaire #AntiColonialism #AcademicSky #BooksSky
Aime Cesaire. 1944. Poetry and Cognition.
#Poetics #Poetry #AimeCesaire #AntiColonialism #AcademicSky #BooksSky
Happy Hip Hop History Month!!
Here is a fun playlist to accompany you as you celebrate!
#HipHop #HipHopSky #MusicSky #HipHopHistory #Rap #RapMusic
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Yu...
Here is a fun playlist to accompany you as you celebrate!
#HipHop #HipHopSky #MusicSky #HipHopHistory #Rap #RapMusic
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Yu...
A History of Hip Hop | A WhatUpWally? Playlist
open.spotify.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy Hip Hop History Month!!
Here is a fun playlist to accompany you as you celebrate!
#HipHop #HipHopSky #MusicSky #HipHopHistory #Rap #RapMusic
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Yu...
Here is a fun playlist to accompany you as you celebrate!
#HipHop #HipHopSky #MusicSky #HipHopHistory #Rap #RapMusic
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Yu...
"... there are times in a nation's history when its political climate makes it imperative for intellectuals to take sides."
Henry and Susan Giroux. 2004. Take Back Higher Education: Race, Youth, and the Crisis of Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Era.
#AcademicSky #CriticalPedagogy #BookSky
Henry and Susan Giroux. 2004. Take Back Higher Education: Race, Youth, and the Crisis of Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Era.
#AcademicSky #CriticalPedagogy #BookSky
October 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"... there are times in a nation's history when its political climate makes it imperative for intellectuals to take sides."
Henry and Susan Giroux. 2004. Take Back Higher Education: Race, Youth, and the Crisis of Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Era.
#AcademicSky #CriticalPedagogy #BookSky
Henry and Susan Giroux. 2004. Take Back Higher Education: Race, Youth, and the Crisis of Democracy in the Post-Civil Rights Era.
#AcademicSky #CriticalPedagogy #BookSky
The republican party has been trying to destroy public education since integration.
Orange and its merry band of klansmen are nothing new, we just weren't paying as close attention before orange annointed itself king.
Orange and its merry band of klansmen are nothing new, we just weren't paying as close attention before orange annointed itself king.
October 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The republican party has been trying to destroy public education since integration.
Orange and its merry band of klansmen are nothing new, we just weren't paying as close attention before orange annointed itself king.
Orange and its merry band of klansmen are nothing new, we just weren't paying as close attention before orange annointed itself king.
The German anti-fascist philosophers, activists, and artists believed art played a major role in supporting the revolution and resistance. They debated aesthetic theory and wrote great texts about art and revolution.
What role do you think art plays in the anti-fascist movement today?
What role do you think art plays in the anti-fascist movement today?
October 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The German anti-fascist philosophers, activists, and artists believed art played a major role in supporting the revolution and resistance. They debated aesthetic theory and wrote great texts about art and revolution.
What role do you think art plays in the anti-fascist movement today?
What role do you think art plays in the anti-fascist movement today?
Reposted by WhatUpWally?
Herbert Marcuse on the power of art:
"Art cannot change the world but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world."
#HerbertMarcuse #CriticalTheory #FrankfurtSchool #AcademicSky #BookSky #Books
"Art cannot change the world but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world."
#HerbertMarcuse #CriticalTheory #FrankfurtSchool #AcademicSky #BookSky #Books
September 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Herbert Marcuse on the power of art:
"Art cannot change the world but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world."
#HerbertMarcuse #CriticalTheory #FrankfurtSchool #AcademicSky #BookSky #Books
"Art cannot change the world but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world."
#HerbertMarcuse #CriticalTheory #FrankfurtSchool #AcademicSky #BookSky #Books
Being quiet in the face of racism
is racism.
is racism.
September 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Being quiet in the face of racism
is racism.
is racism.
It was easy to talk about racism in 2020, but what are you doing today when it is dangerous to address the prevailing culture and systems of racial oppression?
Did your activism become a way of life, or was it just a performance for the gram??
#Racism #AntiRacism
Did your activism become a way of life, or was it just a performance for the gram??
#Racism #AntiRacism
September 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
It was easy to talk about racism in 2020, but what are you doing today when it is dangerous to address the prevailing culture and systems of racial oppression?
Did your activism become a way of life, or was it just a performance for the gram??
#Racism #AntiRacism
Did your activism become a way of life, or was it just a performance for the gram??
#Racism #AntiRacism
Systemic Racism and the White Racial Frame
Source: Joe Feagin. 2012. White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics.
#JoeFeagin #SystemicRacism #WhiteRacialFrame #Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #Racism #AntiRacism
Source: Joe Feagin. 2012. White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics.
#JoeFeagin #SystemicRacism #WhiteRacialFrame #Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #Racism #AntiRacism
September 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Systemic Racism and the White Racial Frame
Source: Joe Feagin. 2012. White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics.
#JoeFeagin #SystemicRacism #WhiteRacialFrame #Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #Racism #AntiRacism
Source: Joe Feagin. 2012. White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics.
#JoeFeagin #SystemicRacism #WhiteRacialFrame #Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #Racism #AntiRacism
Book Rec:
If you are looking for a great book to contextualize our contemporary political climate, check this one out!
Joe Feagin. 2012. White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics.
#JoeFeagin #SystemicRacism #Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #Politics #Racism #AntiRacism
If you are looking for a great book to contextualize our contemporary political climate, check this one out!
Joe Feagin. 2012. White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics.
#JoeFeagin #SystemicRacism #Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #Politics #Racism #AntiRacism
September 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Book Rec:
If you are looking for a great book to contextualize our contemporary political climate, check this one out!
Joe Feagin. 2012. White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics.
#JoeFeagin #SystemicRacism #Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #Politics #Racism #AntiRacism
If you are looking for a great book to contextualize our contemporary political climate, check this one out!
Joe Feagin. 2012. White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics.
#JoeFeagin #SystemicRacism #Books #BookSky #AcademicSky #Politics #Racism #AntiRacism
August 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Reposted by WhatUpWally?
August 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Where are the protectors of hip hop culture?
It seems like academics are the most concerned with preserving and elevating the culture, while only a few artists are doing the same.
KRS is not gonna be around forever.
Hip hop is much more than just rap!
#HipHop #HipHopSky #Culture
It seems like academics are the most concerned with preserving and elevating the culture, while only a few artists are doing the same.
KRS is not gonna be around forever.
Hip hop is much more than just rap!
#HipHop #HipHopSky #Culture
August 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Where are the protectors of hip hop culture?
It seems like academics are the most concerned with preserving and elevating the culture, while only a few artists are doing the same.
KRS is not gonna be around forever.
Hip hop is much more than just rap!
#HipHop #HipHopSky #Culture
It seems like academics are the most concerned with preserving and elevating the culture, while only a few artists are doing the same.
KRS is not gonna be around forever.
Hip hop is much more than just rap!
#HipHop #HipHopSky #Culture
Happy Birthday Hip Hop!!
Here is a dope history of hip hop playlist to celebrate to:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Yu...
#HipHop #HipHopSky #Music #MusicSky
Here is a dope history of hip hop playlist to celebrate to:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Yu...
#HipHop #HipHopSky #Music #MusicSky
A History of Hip Hop | A WhatUpWally? Playlist
Playlist · Wally Hart · 325 items · 28 saves
open.spotify.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Happy Birthday Hip Hop!!
Here is a dope history of hip hop playlist to celebrate to:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Yu...
#HipHop #HipHopSky #Music #MusicSky
Here is a dope history of hip hop playlist to celebrate to:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5Yu...
#HipHop #HipHopSky #Music #MusicSky
Top 5 Bands of the 90s & 2000s
Linkin Park
Rage Against the Machine
Thrice
AFI
System of a Down
#Music #MusicSky #LinkinPark #RageAgainstTheMachine #Thrice #AFI #SystemofaDown #RockMusic
Linkin Park
Rage Against the Machine
Thrice
AFI
System of a Down
#Music #MusicSky #LinkinPark #RageAgainstTheMachine #Thrice #AFI #SystemofaDown #RockMusic
August 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Top 5 Bands of the 90s & 2000s
Linkin Park
Rage Against the Machine
Thrice
AFI
System of a Down
#Music #MusicSky #LinkinPark #RageAgainstTheMachine #Thrice #AFI #SystemofaDown #RockMusic
Linkin Park
Rage Against the Machine
Thrice
AFI
System of a Down
#Music #MusicSky #LinkinPark #RageAgainstTheMachine #Thrice #AFI #SystemofaDown #RockMusic
"The utopian idea of an aesthetic reality must be defended even in the face of ridicule, which it must necessarily evoke today. For it may well indicate the qualitative difference between freedom and the prevailing order."
- Herbert Marcuse 1967
#Marcuse #Art #AcademicSky #BookSky #CriticalTheory
- Herbert Marcuse 1967
#Marcuse #Art #AcademicSky #BookSky #CriticalTheory
August 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"The utopian idea of an aesthetic reality must be defended even in the face of ridicule, which it must necessarily evoke today. For it may well indicate the qualitative difference between freedom and the prevailing order."
- Herbert Marcuse 1967
#Marcuse #Art #AcademicSky #BookSky #CriticalTheory
- Herbert Marcuse 1967
#Marcuse #Art #AcademicSky #BookSky #CriticalTheory
"... art is able to shatter the false reality of the status quo."
- Herbert Marcuse
#Art #herbertMarcuse #Marcuse #AestheticTheory #ArtSky #AcademicSky #CriticalTheory #FrankfurtSchool
- Herbert Marcuse
#Art #herbertMarcuse #Marcuse #AestheticTheory #ArtSky #AcademicSky #CriticalTheory #FrankfurtSchool
August 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"... art is able to shatter the false reality of the status quo."
- Herbert Marcuse
#Art #herbertMarcuse #Marcuse #AestheticTheory #ArtSky #AcademicSky #CriticalTheory #FrankfurtSchool
- Herbert Marcuse
#Art #herbertMarcuse #Marcuse #AestheticTheory #ArtSky #AcademicSky #CriticalTheory #FrankfurtSchool
Artists and philosophers should be the truth tellers in dark times like these.
#Art #Philosophy #truth
#Art #Philosophy #truth
August 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Artists and philosophers should be the truth tellers in dark times like these.
#Art #Philosophy #truth
#Art #Philosophy #truth
There is so much dope hip hop from new and older artists. It is impossible to keep up, but I try!
Here is a running playlist of the top albums of the year. I add to it every week. Enjoy!
open.spotify.com/playlist/2bY...
#HipHop #HipHopSky #Music #MusicSky
Here is a running playlist of the top albums of the year. I add to it every week. Enjoy!
open.spotify.com/playlist/2bY...
#HipHop #HipHopSky #Music #MusicSky
2025 Top Hip Hop Albums
Playlist · Wally Hart · 1168 items · 6 saves
open.spotify.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
There is so much dope hip hop from new and older artists. It is impossible to keep up, but I try!
Here is a running playlist of the top albums of the year. I add to it every week. Enjoy!
open.spotify.com/playlist/2bY...
#HipHop #HipHopSky #Music #MusicSky
Here is a running playlist of the top albums of the year. I add to it every week. Enjoy!
open.spotify.com/playlist/2bY...
#HipHop #HipHopSky #Music #MusicSky
Big ups to @mannyfaces.com for the new book!!
Can't wait to dive in.
#HipHop #HipHopSky #HipHopED #AcademicSky #Books #BookSky
Can't wait to dive in.
#HipHop #HipHopSky #HipHopED #AcademicSky #Books #BookSky
July 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Big ups to @mannyfaces.com for the new book!!
Can't wait to dive in.
#HipHop #HipHopSky #HipHopED #AcademicSky #Books #BookSky
Can't wait to dive in.
#HipHop #HipHopSky #HipHopED #AcademicSky #Books #BookSky