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

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Kitwana addresses uncomfortable truths about America's level of comfort with black people! challenging preconceived notions of race. With this brave tour de force! Kitwana takes his place alongside the greatest African-American intellectuals of the past decades. Zusammenfassung Why White Kids Love Hip Hop addresses uncomfortable truths about America's level of comfort with black people and challenges preconceived notions of race.

Product details

• Authors: Bakari Kitwana
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.07.2006
• EAN: 9780465037476
• ISBN: 978-0-465-03747-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Ethnic Studies