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“We Gon’ be Alright!” Kendrick Lamar: a medium to influence Social and Political Activism

Paper

Wessel Joosten

17/04/2023

19 minutes to read

This article engages with Kendrick Lamar’s career and how he interplants other voices in the black struggle to formulate a new one by analyzing a handful of songs on Kendrick Lamar’s studio albums.

Joe Biden wins 2020 presidential elections with the help of black voters

Joe Biden, George Floyd and #BLM: how Biden won the race for presidency.

Article

Nikki Lavrijssen

21/01/2021

20 minutes to read

This article demonstrates how presidential candidate Joe Biden profited from George Floyd's death and the consequent rise of the #BLM movement by using the situation to win over Black voters. An analysis of his tweets reveals how he did this.

Kneel like a true American: Protesting in American civil religion

Paper

Eva van Malsen

23/10/2020

11 minutes to read

The negative public response to Colin Kaepernick taking a knee can be explained through America's passive sense of civil religion. However, his act should not be shoved aside as disrespectful, but as an act of 'tough love' patriotism.