| Edition |
First trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
viii, 260 pages ; 21 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 / Eisa Davis -- Reds, whites, and blues people / Robin D.G. Kelley -- Pimp notes on autonomy / Beth Coleman -- ThugGods : spiritual darkness and hip-hop / Melvin Gibbs -- Yoked in Gowanus / Jonathan Lethem -- New mythology began without me / Michael C. Ladd -- Steely Dan : understood as the redemption of the white negro : a conversation between / Greg Tate, Vernon Reid -- Pryor love : the life and times of America's comic prophet of race / Hilton Als -- Beautiful ones / Michaela Angela Davis -- Skinned / Cassandra Lane -- Ali, Foreman, Mailer, and me / Tony Green -- 1960s in Bamako : Malick Sidibé and James Brown / Manthia Diawara -- 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' / Renée Green -- My Black death / Arthur Jafa. |
| Summary |
In a dazzling collection of essays, editor Geg Tate takes on what his mother used to call "everything but the burden," dissecting the ways in which white culture has misappropriated much of black culture, from music to dance, fashion, sports, and more. |
| 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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African Americans -- Intellectual life.
(OCoLC)fst00799627
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst00799698
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Civilization -- African American influences.
(OCoLC)fst01352329
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Culture conflict. (OCoLC)fst00885099
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
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White people -- Attitudes.
(OCoLC)fst01174817
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Added Author |
Tate, Greg.
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| ISBN |
076791497X (paperback) |
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9780767914970 (paperback) |
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