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Everything But the Burden

Greg Tate

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Description:White kids from the 'burbs are throwing up gang signs. The 2001 Grammy winner for best rap artist was as white as rice. And blond-haired sorority sisters are sporting FUBU gear. What is going on inAmerican culture that's giving our nation a racial-identity crisis? Following the trail blazed by Norman Mailer's controversial essay "The WhiteNegro," "Everything but the Burden" brings together voices from music, popular culture, the literary world, and the media speaking about how from Brooklyn to the Badlands white people areco-opting black styles of music, dance, dress, and slang. In this collection, the essayists examine how whites seem to be taking on, as editor Greg Tate's mother used to tell him, "everything but theburden"-from fetishizing black athletes to spinning the ghetto lifestyle into a glamorous commodity. Is this a way of shaking off the fear of the unknown? A flattering indicator of appreciation? Or isit a more complicated cultural exchange? The pieces in "Everything but the Burden "explore the line between hero-worship and paternalism. Among the book's twelve essays areVernon Reid's "Steely Dan Understood as the Apotheosis of 'The White Negro, '" Carl Hancock Rux's "The Beats: America's First'Wiggas, '" and Greg Tate's own introductory essay "Nigs 'R Us." Other contributors include: Hilton Als, Beth Coleman, Tony Green, Robin Kelley, Arthur Jafa, Gary Dauphin, Michaela Angela Davis, dream hampton, and Manthia diAwara. "From the Hardcover edition."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Everything But the Burden. To get started finding Everything But the Burden, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: White kids from the 'burbs are throwing up gang signs. The 2001 Grammy winner for best rap artist was as white as rice. And blond-haired sorority sisters are sporting FUBU gear. What is going on inAmerican culture that's giving our nation a racial-identity crisis? Following the trail blazed by Norman Mailer's controversial essay "The WhiteNegro," "Everything but the Burden" brings together voices from music, popular culture, the literary world, and the media speaking about how from Brooklyn to the Badlands white people areco-opting black styles of music, dance, dress, and slang. In this collection, the essayists examine how whites seem to be taking on, as editor Greg Tate's mother used to tell him, "everything but theburden"-from fetishizing black athletes to spinning the ghetto lifestyle into a glamorous commodity. Is this a way of shaking off the fear of the unknown? A flattering indicator of appreciation? Or isit a more complicated cultural exchange? The pieces in "Everything but the Burden "explore the line between hero-worship and paternalism. Among the book's twelve essays areVernon Reid's "Steely Dan Understood as the Apotheosis of 'The White Negro, '" Carl Hancock Rux's "The Beats: America's First'Wiggas, '" and Greg Tate's own introductory essay "Nigs 'R Us." Other contributors include: Hilton Als, Beth Coleman, Tony Green, Robin Kelley, Arthur Jafa, Gary Dauphin, Michaela Angela Davis, dream hampton, and Manthia diAwara. "From the Hardcover edition."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Everything But the Burden. To get started finding Everything But the Burden, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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