Zentrum für Prävention und Intervention im Kindes- und Jugendalter (ZPI)

Over the past 35 years, German-language rap has grown from a subculture to a mainstream culture and today represents a relevant socialisation context for many young people, consisting of songs, music videos, interviews with artists typical of the scene and social media appearances. The wider universe includes court hearings and artists' contacts with organised crime, which are fascinating for a youth-cultural, educated middle-class audience as well as an audience interested in gossip.

In recent years, empirical research has shown that gangsta rappers convey sexist, homophobic and anti-feminist role models, authoritarian moral and social concepts as well as conspiracy ideologies and anti-Semitic interpretations of global power relations in many songs, music videos and postings on social networks.

However, educational materials for this problem context have been lacking to date. This is where the transfer project comes in: educational materials are being developed that aim not to condemn rap as a youth culture, but to take it seriously and at the same time sensitise young people to anti-Semitic and misogynistic content. The educational materials contain tips on didactic use and specialist information on anti-Semitism and misogyny in rap, which make it possible to problematise these appropriately. A positive aspect in terms of the acceptance of the materials by pupils is that awareness of anti-Semitism and misogyny is raised through the use of authentic and current materials, which also prevents the historicisation of anti-Semitism.

The starting points for the creation of the educational materials are the antisemitic and misogynistic texts and images collected and analysed in the project "The susceptibility of young people to antisemitism in gangsta rap and possibilities of prevention" as well as the qualitative and quantitative data obtained in the project "The genesis of populist dispositions in youth milieus" (BIE_F_07).