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Racial Formation Theory and Systemic Racism in Hip‐Hop Fans’ Perceptions
Author(s) -
Jacobson Ginger
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sociological forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1573-7861
pISSN - 0884-8971
DOI - 10.1111/socf.12186
Subject(s) - racism , sociology , critical race theory , gender studies , perspective (graphical) , perception , social psychology , racial formation theory , critical theory , race (biology) , psychology , epistemology , art , visual arts , philosophy , neuroscience
This work contributes empirical research to racial formation theory ( RFT ) and systemic racism ( SR ), demonstrating how these theories complement each other. There are few practical applications of these theories. This research examines RFT and SR from the perspective of hip‐hop fans. I qualitatively examine how 23 nonblack women articulate the relationships of race, class, and gender through discussion of hip‐hop music and videos that accompany it. Findings suggest that hip‐hop is a site of racial formation. Participants spoke from a color‐blind perspective and white racial frame so that they perpetuated ideals of systemic racism theory.