Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
viii, 260 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Introduction: Nigs R Us, or how Blackfolk became fetish objects / Greg Tate -- Eminem : the new white negro / Carl Hancock Rux -- Scenes from Umkovu, a play / Elisa Davis -- Reds, whites, and blues people / Robin Kelley -- Pimp notes on autonomy / Beth Coleman -- ThugGods : spiritual darkness and hip-hop / Melvin Gibbs -- Yoked in Gowanus / Jonathan Lethem -- The new mythology began without me / Michael C. Ladd -- Steely Dan : understood as the redemption of the white negro : a conversation between / Greg Tate, and Vernon Reid -- A Pryor love : the life and times of America's comic prophet of race / Hilton Als -- The beautiful ones / Michaela Angela Davis -- Skinned / Cassandrea Lane -- Ali, Foreman, Mailer, and me / Tony Green -- The 1960s in Bamako : Malick Sidibe and James Brown / Manthia Diawara -- The Black Asianphile / Latasha Natasha Diggs -- Afro-kinky human hair / Meri Nana-ama Danquah -- Captive herstories / Danzy Senna -- Affection afflictions : my alien/my self or more 'reading at work' / Renee Green -- My Black death / Arthur Jafa. |
Subject |
United States -- Race relations.
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
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African Americans -- Intellectual life.
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White people -- United States -- Attitudes.
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Culture conflict -- United States.
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Racism -- United States.
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United States -- Civilization -- African American influences.
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Added Author |
Tate, Greg.
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ISBN |
0767908082 |
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