| Description |
xxvi, 239 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-239). |
| Contents |
Introduction: What should a white ally do? -- Don't push it too far -- Why white kids should listen to hip-hop -- "It's about class, not race" (No it's not) -- Hip-hop comes to campus -- Political correctness and white identity -- Racial essentialism -- Professors and rappers -- "Where we are is who we are" -- Sit down: censorship, grandstanding, and shutting your mouth -- Who will tell hip-hop's story? -- Revisionist history -- Education is the apology. |
| Summary |
Born in rural Kentucky, Hess grew up listening to the militant rap of Public Enemy while living in a place where the state song still included the word "darkies." Listening to hip-hop made Hess think about what it meant to be white, while the environment in small-town Kentucky encouraged him to avoid or even mock such self-examination. With America's history of cultural appropriation, we've come to mistrust white people who participate deeply in black culture, but backing away from black culture is too easy a solution. As a white professor with a longstanding commitment to teaching hip-hop music and culture, Hess argues that white people have a responsibility to educate themselves by listening to black voices and then teach other whites to face the ways they benefit from racial injustices. --From publisher description. |
| Local Note |
Rider Faculty Publications |
| Subject |
Hess, Mickey, 1975-
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States. |
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Race relations. |
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Music and race -- United States.
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Music and race. |
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Rap (Music) -- History and criticism.
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Rap (Music) |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Title |
How rap music taught a kid from Kentucky what a white ally should be |
| ISBN |
9781632460776 paperback |
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1632460777 paperback |
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