In what ways does the emergence of Grime reflect the social context? [Urban London]
The evolve of grime came from garage but with a more aggressive tone and "cheaper" type of beat  that was only found mostly on pirate radio stations because of how aggressive it was and it not being allowed on certain platforms for a while. 
Grime originated from the streets with rappers from poor backgrounds rapping there lifestyle and it was said to have an industrial and very cold sound reflecting living in London estates with doors shutting and police doing raids, it was said to be a real reaction of what was happening in youths lives who come from living in London estates. 

It started from moving around London going to youth club to youth club, listening to the olders on the radio and getting into under 18 raves trying to impress the crowd with your "bars" making the rave go mad and the raves usually ended in someone getting shot or stabbed due to gang violence which was happening in the time of grime. Grime wasn't a certain type of music because it was so young people adopted the name and embraced others did dint and said they was just making beats and music. Grime artists and dos were not accepted and they were given thins like asbos for public noise and public disturbance the police and government were looking for ways to stop raves. 

  • Reaction of the mainstream nature of garage
  • Strong personal identification appeal 
  • Grime reflected the underground of London 
  • Emerged from disenfranchised youth in East London 'No one cared about us"
  • Pirate radio key element in the emergence of grime 
  • Lyrics often revolve around gritty depiction of urban life 
  • Music described as aggressive 
  • Area = violent
  • Grime rave were rare, as they were not allowed to be put on by the police 
  • The rise of grime was tied in with the rise of trident in order to combat gang violence

Summarise the main aspects of Paul Gilroy’s main theory
What are the similarities and differences between the theories? 
The similarities are that both theories include a negative representation of race Alvarado has the dangerous representation and Stuart Hall has the social problem representation on both of these are negative as they are not likeable traits. 

 They both refer to talents and the need to amuse by Alvarado stating the humorous representation and Hall stating the entertainer representation. 
Watch and make notes on the short documentary about the history of minstrel shows
Things you should make notes on:
• When did it emerge?
 Came about in the early 16 hundreds. It was popular during the early 19th to the early 20th century and was founded on the comic enactment of racial stereo types.
• What did minstrel shows involve?
The use of black face
• What stereotypes were projected in these types of shows? 
An offensive exaggeration of an african american music, culture phonetic english and traits all for entertainment. 

Minstrel shows was most popular musical stage shows of the early and mid 19th century 
It was founded on the comic enactment of racial stereotypes 
it featured and exaggerated portrayal of african american music, culture, vernacular English (colloquial language, slang, dialect) for entertainment. 
Performers both white and black 
In these shows, white men blackened their faces with burnt cork to mock blacks. 

 Mammie character: 
-Overweight older black maid.
- Mother figure. 

 Pickaninny:
- Unkept 
- Uneducated 
- Child 

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