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How language is used to convey thoughts and feelings on racism in song…
How language is used to convey thoughts and feelings on racism in song lyrics
emotive language
Lexis with negative connotations e.g. slave, suffering, killer, poverty
repetition of Black/Blacker is emphasised
'A kid dies, the blacker the killer, the sweeter the news'
social identities
ethnic minorities
Racism
culture
experiences
Multicultural London English
'you're in yard a lot'
'Fam'
'That couldn't bust a bell, they held a bird and gotta live with it'
Grammar
G-dropping
sufferin'
erasin'
watchin'
growin'
Pronouns
direct address 'you'
'we' creates a sense of togetherness