Why white kids love hip-hop : wankstas, wiggers, wannabes, and the new reality of race in America / Bakari Kitwana.

Author/creator Kitwana, Bakari
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Basic Civitas Books, ©2005.
Descriptionxvii, 222 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
Rap (Music)--History and criticism.
Rap (Music)--Political aspects. --United States.
Music and race.

Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Part 1. Questions. Do white boys want to be black? ; Why white kids love hip-hop ; Identity crisis?: more than acting black ; Erasing blackness: are white suburban kids really hip-hop's primary audience? -- Part 2. Answers. From W.E.B. Du Bois to Chuck D ; Wankstas, wiggers, and wannabes : hip-hop, film and white boyz in the hood ; Fear of a culture bandit: Eminem, the source and America's racial politics (old and new) ; Coalition building across race: organizing the hip-hop voting bloc.
Abstract Our national conversation about race is out-of-date. Hip-hop is the key to understanding how things are changing. In a book that will appeal to hip-hoppers both black and white and their parents, the author teases apart the culture of hip-hop to illuminate how race is being lived by young Americans. He poses and answers a plethora of questions, among them: Does hip-hop belong to black kids? What in hip-hop appeals to white youth? Is hip-hop different from what R & B, jazz, and even rock 'n' roll meant to previous generations? What does class have to do with it? How do young Americans think about race, and how has hip-hop influenced their perspective? The author addresses uncomfortable truths about America's level of comfort with black people, challenging preconceived notions of race. With this brave tour de force, the author takes his place alongside the greatest African American intellectuals of the past decades.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2005003553
ISBN0465037461 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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