Essay#3- Working on Draft

Domestic Violence is a serious problem that affects people of different ethnic backgrounds, economics status, etc. It is a willful intimidation committed by men and women as a way to control their significant other. Usually this type of behavior is taught at a very young age when children witness their mother or father abusing their spouse and decide whether or not they want to repeat the cycle of abuse.

The song, "What About", by Janet Jackson was about a young woman who was being physically and emotionally abused by her boyfriend on a regular basis. Not only was he abusing his girlfriend, he was also cheating on her with another woman which made the situation even worse. In the first stanza, "we walked along the beach what a moon lit night, he held my hands in his he kissed me he said I wanna spend my life with you, I want you for my wife, just then I thought I thought". In the beginning of their relationship everything seemed to be going very well for them because they were talking about spending the rest of their lives together, at least he was telling his girlfriend that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. As he was talking about moving on to the next level of their relationship, she was thinking about the times she has been physically and emotionally abused by her boyfriend. "What about the times you lied to me, what about the times you said no one would want me, what about all the shit you've done to me, what about that what about that. What about the times you yelled at me, what about the times I cried you wouldn't even hold me what about those things, what about that what about that" (2nd stanza).

Essay#3-Draft

The song, "What About", by Janet Jackson was about a young woman who was being physically and emotionally abused by her boyfriend on a regular basis. Not only was he abusing his girlfriend, he was also cheating on her with another woman, which makes the situation even worse. Janet Jackson wrote this song to raise awareness about Domestic Violence and how it affects people of different ethnic groups, financial status, etc. National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is an organization to help women as well as men deal with the issues of domestic violence and how it had an impact on their lives.

Essay#3 Topic-Domestic Violence

The topic I have chosen for essay#3 is Domestic Violence and the song I have picked was "What About" by Janet Jackson. It is a very powerful song because it raises the awareness of domestic violence and how it can effect people from different ethnic backgrounds, economic status, etc. She may have written this song because she probably experienced this type of abuse from her first husband or might have known someone who has been in that situation. Her album "Velvet Rope" was released on September 25, 1997.

I have also looked at a website that deals with the issue of Domestic Violence.

Essay# 3 Topics

The topics for Essay # 3 I have already chosen are Domestic Violence, Allegations of Child Molestation, Basic Human Rights, and Unrealistic Expectations. Here are the songs that I have already picked, "What About" by Janet Jackson, "Scream" by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson, "They Don't Care About Us" by Michael Jackson, and "Stupid Girls" by Pink.

Topics for Essay #3/Ideas

My ideas for essay #3 are the environment, domestic violence, alligations of child molestation, basic human rights, and unrealistic expectations. The songs I have chosen are "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson, "What About" by Janet Jackson, "Good Enough" by Evanescence (I'm not too sure if it is related to domestic violence). "They Don't Really Care About Us" by Michael Jackson, "Dear Mr. President" by Pink, and "Stupid Girls" by Pink.

Post#3-Larry Neal's The Black Arts Movement

I would describe Larry Neal's kind of writing as a way to say that he wants black people to stop living up to the standards of what kind of work that white people want them to do in order to express themselves. He sees the arts in relation to the political struggle as a way to break out of the unrealistic standard being held by the people who does not understand what they're tyring to say in their poetry and artwork.