Our national conversation about race is ludicrously out of date.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.
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"A well-researched, thought provoking and ultimately convincing narrative that explores why hip-hop has had such a lasting impact on youth culture." Time Out New York"
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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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Great Primer on Hip Hop--Race Relations,
This review is from: Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America (Paperback)
This book offers a non-academic analysis of hip hop and why white kids love all aspects of hip hop culture. The book also uses hip hop as a lens to examine race relations in the US.
This is not a dry, academic read, and it is well-researched without listing the litany of facts. The book is written for a lay audience. Parents might find this useful to get a "handle" on their kids' fascination w/ hip hop culture. The audience for this book is a wide lay audience. It's an engaging read and most will read it quickly. The author's section on Wiggas/Wanstas was the most compelling to me. The author did a great job of exploring how people (whites) might feel powerless in their own lives based on issues of class or just being angry about their situation and how hip hop music might speak to them, might take them to a different place. I appreciated the tone and the writing style. This a book worth reading.
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A little over a year ago, Bill O' Reilly, the conservative talk show host who does more than anyone else to keep hip-hop in the news, had American Idol host Simon Cowell as a guest on his show, the O'Reilly Factor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
old racial politics, new racial politics, black youth culture, emerging political movement, many white kids, millennium generation, white rapper, buying audience, voting bloc Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black American, Democratic Party, African Americans, Malibu's Most Wanted, National Hip-Hop Political Convention, New York Times, League of Pissed Off Voters, Harold Washington, Jesse Jackson, New York City, Young Voter Alliance, Dave Mays, United States, Census Bureau, Michael Jordan, Jeremy Miller, Planet Rock, Russell Simmons, Snoop Dogg, Barack Obama, Long Island, Marshall Mathers, Native American, Nelson George, New Republic New!
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A little over a year ago, Bill O' Reilly, the conservative talk show host who does more than anyone else to keep hip-hop in the news, had American Idol host Simon Cowell as a guest on his show, the O'Reilly Factor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
old racial politics, new racial politics, black youth culture, emerging political movement, many white kids, millennium generation, white rapper, buying audience, voting bloc Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black American, Democratic Party, African Americans, Malibu's Most Wanted, National Hip-Hop Political Convention, New York Times, League of Pissed Off Voters, Harold Washington, Jesse Jackson, New York City, Young Voter Alliance, Dave Mays, United States, Census Bureau, Michael Jordan, Jeremy Miller, Planet Rock, Russell Simmons, Snoop Dogg, Barack Obama, Long Island, Marshall Mathers, Native American, Nelson George, New Republic New!
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- The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions) by W. E. B. Du Bois on page 107, page 108, and page 109
- Black Folk: Then and Now; An Essay in the History and Sociology of the Negro Race. by William Edward Burghardt, Du Bois on page 107, page 108, and page 109
- Bomb the Suburbs by William Upski Wimsatt in Front Matter, page 53, and page 175
- Tupac Shakur by Vibe Magazine on page 140
- Colin Powell (Black Americans of Achievement) by Warren Brown on page 190
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