This document analyzes and summarizes the themes in six different music videos: 1. "I Have a Dream" by Common focuses on African Americans and Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech. 2. "We Can't Stop" by Miley Cyrus portrays women "twerking" and promotes casual relationships. 3. "Little Boy Benny" by Benny shows how society wants to define gender roles rather than allowing people to be different. 4. "Rich Girl" by Gwen Stefani depicts a desire for wealth, riches, and brand name items. 5. "Man Down" by Rihanna involves shooting and killing a man out of revenge.

1. Video analysis
Race: “I have a dream”
Artist: Common
1. African Americans
2. Not really, mainly big crowd.
3. African Americans
4. Protesting
5. Martain Luther king Jrs “I have a dream” speech
6. Hip hop
Sexuality: “we cant stop”
Artist: miley cyrus
1. Girls are “twerking” all over the place
2. Women
3. Yes
4. Very little clothing
5. Short term relationships (casual)
6. You can do whatever you want
7. Pop
Gender Roles: Little boy Benny
Artist: Benny
1. Doing different things that male and females do like boing, and one was a ballerina
2. Same number of men and women
3. This was about men and women being viewed a certain way
4. That society wants men and women to act a certain way rather than being different.
Materialism: “Rich Girl”
Artist: Gwen Stefani
1. Throwing a lot of money
2. No
3. A lot, she wants a lot of riches, and name brand items.
4. Yes, she would have a lot of money in the world.
5. She would do anything to be rich.
6. Pop
Violence: “Man Down”
Artist: Rihanna
1. She talks about shooting a man
2. Men were holding guns
3. She killed someone at the beginning

2. 4. Shot someone at the beginning
5. Revenge
6. pop