Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes and the New Reality of Race in America

Author: Bakari Kitwana
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group
Category: Rap & Hip-Hop, Rap & Hip-Hop, European History, Popular Culture, Social Discrimination, Social Groups, Ethnic Studies, Black & Asian Studies, Age Groups: Children
Age Group: 15+
Book Format: Paperback

Our national conversation about race is ludicrously out of date. Hip hop is the key to understanding how things are changing. In a provocative book that will appeal to hip-hoppers both black and white and their parents, Bakari Kitwana deftly teases apart the culture of hip-hop to illuminate how race is being lived by young Americans. Why White Kids Love Hip Hop addresses uncomfortable truths about America's level of comfort with black people, challenging preconceived notions of race. With this brave tour de force, Bakari Kitwana takes his place alongside the greatest African-American intellectuals of the past decades.

About Bakari Kitwana
Bakari Kitwana was the Executive Editor of The Source from 1994-98 Editorial Director at Third World Press and a music reviewer for NPR's All Things Considered. He currently freelances for the Village Voice, Savoy, The Source, and the Progressive, and his weekly column, "Do the Knowledge," is published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He is the author of The Rap on Gangsta Rap and The Hip Hop Generation. He lives in Westlake, Ohio.

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SKU BK-9780465037476
Barcode # 9780465037476
Brand The Perseus Books Group
Artist / Author Bakari Kitwana
Shipping Weight 0.2500kg
Shipping Width 0.132m
Shipping Height 0.014m
Shipping Length 0.206m
Assembled Length 13.200m
Assembled Height 20.600m
Assembled Width 1.400m
Type Paperback

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