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Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America
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3 out of 5
Based on 116 Ratings and 24 Reviews

Book Description
Our national conversation about race is ludicrously out of date. Hip hop is the key to understanding how things are changing. In a provocative book that will appeal to hip-hoppers both black and white and their parents, Bakari Kitwana deftly teases apart the culture of hip-hop to illuminate how race is being lived by young Americans. Why White Kids Love Hip Hop addresses uncomfortable truths about... More
Book Information
PublisherBasic Civitas Books
BindingPaperback (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages222
ISBN-10046503747X
ISBN-13978-0465037476
Publication Date05/30/2006
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About Bakari Kitwana (Author) : Bakari Kitwana is a published author. Some of the published credits of Bakari Kitwana include Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop: Wankstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, And the New Reality of Race in America, Why Whit... more
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