AIRED: March 14, 2016– 11 am PST
TITLE: “The Healing Power of Hip Hop (Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture)”
In The Healing Power of Hip Hop (Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture), Raphael Travis Jr. offers a passionate look into existing tensions aligned with Hip Hop and demonstrates the beneficial quality it can have empowering its audience. His unique perspective takes Hip Hop out of the negative light and shows readers how Hip Hop has benefited the Black community.
Organized to first examine the social and historical framing of Hip Hop culture and Black experiences in the United States, the remainder of the book is dedicated to elaborating on consistent themes of excellence and well-being in Hip Hop, and examining evidence of new ambassadors of Hip Hop culture across professional disciplines. The author uses research-informed language and structures to help the reader fully understand how Hip Hop creates more pathways to health and learning for youth and communities.
Using the latest research, real-world examples, and a new theory of healthy development, this book explains Hip Hop culture’s ongoing role in helping Black youths to live long, healthy, and productive lives.
ABOUT RAPHAEL TRAVIS JR., DrPH
Raphael Travis Jr., DrPH, is associate professor of social work at Texas State University in San Marcos. His published works include the articles “Rap Music and the Empowerment of Today’s Youth: Evidence in Everyday Music Listening, Music Therapy, and Commercial Rap Music“; “Empowerment-Based Positive Youth Development: A New Understanding of Healthy Development for African American Youth“; and “Ethnic Identity, Self-Esteem and Variability in Perceptions of Rap Music’s Empowering and Risky Influences.”
Travis holds a doctorate in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles and a master of social work degree from the University of Michigan.
