White Supremacy and American Exceptionalism

Analyzing Brooks and Dunn’s "Only in America" (2001) and Lauryn Hill’s "Black Rage" (2014)

Term Paper , 2021 , 14 Pages , Grade: 1.7

American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography

The term paper is to examine the depiction of American Exceptionalism and White Supremacy as two cultural concepts in media. Therefore, the origin of these two phenomena will be explained and related to events in the course of America’s historical development.

In order to analyze the perception of American culture by people with different ethnic backgrounds “Only in America” (2001) by Brooks and Dunn, a song performed by white artists, and “Black Rage” (2014) by Lauryn Hills, representing an African-American perspective, have been chosen.

Hence, the term paper is to define the two concepts American Exceptionalism and White Supremacy and is to point out how these are depicted in two songs written by descendants of two different ethnic backgrounds.

Table of contents

I. Introduction

II. Presentation of two Cultural Phenomena

III. Depiction of these Concepts in Media

IV. Conclusion

Bibliography

• College: Ruhr-University of Bochum
• Grade: 1.7
• Author: Lina Gertzmann (Author)
• Publication Year: 2021
• Pages: 14
• Catalog Number: V1132410
• ISBN (eBook): 9783346503473
• ISBN (Book): 9783346503480
• Language: English
• Tags: Racism, White Supremacy, Songs, White privilege