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Comments for Everything But the Burden book: What White People Are Taking From Black Culture (used)
For some 'white kids' adopting the culture of black youth is also a way of rebelling against the norms of their own society, sort of a way of showing their shame for what their ancestors have done in a way...I guess it all depends on how you look at things. I understand how people can take offense to it sometimes, but as dayner said, isn't it all racist in its own way at the same time? zapoldesignsPlease--like white people don't live in the ghetto too? Get over it--white kids like hip hop. Shit, white people have been involved in the birth of hip hop and rap (no, not eminem, morons). Why do we need to scrutinize the lives, clothes, and actions of white young people just cuz they're white? Isn't that what young people of color are sick of? Oh wait, I forgot that this is just another tripe-filled book written by an 'activist' with nothing else to do. JesseWhat would you say about dreadlocks? or jazz? both are examples of something that came from black communities that got appropriated by white folks who then ended up damaging the communities from which they came and forgetting what they symbolized. The end result being white folks appropriating something that did not come from white communities with the end effect being to once again "unintentionally" contribute to the maintenance of hierarchies, and violence, stereotypes, and oppressive media representations. And it ain't just black folks, it's everybody all the time. We're taught that when you're in power you can take (and buy) without worrying on the consequences, because the TV tells us that all those concerns are overly "PC." That being concerned over something like cultural appropriation is being "too sensitive." But I'd bet that if every representation of white folks in the mainstream media was supported by several centuries of societal violence and exploitation - that these things would be taken more seriously. keiWhy is it people always want to be considered a "victim" or a person with a "hard life?" You've got white kids from the burbs pretending to be in gangs, and then there are idiots claiming "my great, great, great grandmother was a Cherokee princess." Why people, why? And just for clarification, there is no "princess" she was a chieftain’s daughter. And more often than not, one of many. Aly Byeah, but you havent read the book, have you dayner? and youre white, arent you? andytoomajian?!?!?! Saying that certain clothing styles, music types, etc. belong to one ethnic group sounds pretty god damn racist and fucked up to me. dayner
