class6: Concluding Ballad of the Bullet

stuart’s arguments: Online and offline violence differ:

online representations are a front stage, but the back stage is different

stuart’s arguments: We can’t say that drill rap increases violence– the data doesn’t exist--- but

participation in drill increases a young person’s risk of exposure to violence (function/meaning of violence)

stuart’s arguments: Its not that young, marginalized people lack access to social media--- its that the

consequences of that use are different (digital disadvantage)

young men turn to drill for a number of reasons like

• money

• accessing conventional goals

policy conclusions: what stuart proposes

“radical systemic change” and...

• Right to be forgotten and digital scrubbing

• Safe spaces for artistic creation

• De-escalation on social media

• Recognizing young people as artists

structural vs interpersonal: race and class disparities

def of crime + social causes of crime = crime → arrest → conviction → prison