DaMarcus Watkins
Professor Marc Jensen
MUS Z201
11 March 2018
Paper 2 Topic 2: Rock and Roll and Race
Rock & Roll and Race
Throughout the years, racial views have changed regarding rock and roll music. In the
1950s white people listened to music with black roots, just as much as they do today. This is like
white kids in the suburbs today listening to gangsta rap, but it is also different because “gangsta