A Guest in the House of Hip-Hop: How Rap Music Taught a Kid from Kentucky What a White Ally Should Be Contributor(s): Hess, Mickey (Author) |
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ISBN: 1632460777 ISBN-13: 9781632460776 Publisher: Ig Publishing OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Prejudice - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.55 lbs) 252 pages |
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Publisher Description: Born in rural Kentucky, Mickey 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. In our fraught moment, A Guest in the House of Hip Hop offers a point of entry for readers committed to racial justice, but uncertain about white people's role in relation to black culture. |