{"product_id":"everything-but-the-burden-what-white-people-are-taking-from-black-culture-paperback","title":"Everything But the Burden: What White People Are Taking from Black Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGreg Tate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite 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 in American culture that's giving our nation a racial-identity crisis? \u003cbr\u003eFollowing the trail blazed by Norman Mailer's controversial essay \"The White Negro,\" \"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 are co-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 the burden\"-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 is it a more complicated cultural exchange? The pieces in \"Everything but the Burden explore the line between hero-worship and paternalism. \u003cbr\u003eAmong the book's twelve essays are Vernon 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.\" \u003cbr\u003eOther contributors include: Hilton Als, Beth Coleman, Tony Green, Robin Kelley, Arthur Jafa, Gary Dauphin, Michaela Angela Davis, dream hampton, and Manthia diAwara. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cultural critic for \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eGREG TATE \u003c\/b\u003e is also the author of \u003ci\u003eFlyboy in the Buttermilk\u003c\/i\u003e and contributes regularly to national publications such as \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone, VIBE, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition, he helped found the Black Rock Coalition, produced two albums on his own label, and composed a libretto that was performed at the Apollo Theater. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.66 x 5.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52766501306675,"sku":"9780767914970","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/yiHiphVZS59780767914970.webp?v=1764652626","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/everything-but-the-burden-what-white-people-are-taking-from-black-culture-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}