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Eminem

There is a controversial and popular white boy who sings and writes rap songs. He is a fatherless child who also hates his mother; He spent his childhood living in a trailer park. Do you know who he is? He is Eminem.

Eminem lived in Detroit, a city where Black is a major race. He is a minority living in a place where his own race and ethnicity conflicts with the others. According to Nell Bernstein¡¦s essay ¡§Race is what skin color you are, ethnicity is what culture you born in.¡¨ For many years, Eminem was almost the only white teen in a black neighborhood. He is physically shorter and weaker than the Black people around him. It is not surprising that he is the one always being picked on. When he was a 9-year-old student, he suffered the first in a series of beatings that ultimately left him in a coma. Living in such an adverse environment where his own safety was in danger, he started to be more violent and self-protective. Later he discovered his special talent on Rap music...

Posted by: Adriana Alvarez

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