Why white kids love hip-hop: wankstas, wiggers, wannabes, and the new reality of race in America

Preface

Introduction

Part 1. Questions. Do white boys want to be black? ; Why white kids love hip-hop ; Identity crisis? : more than acting black ; Erasing blackness : are white suburban kids really hip-hop's primary audience?

Part 2. Answers. From W.E.B. Du Bois to Chuck D ; Wankstas, wiggers, and wannabes : hip-hop, film and white boyz in the hood ; Fear of a culture bandit : Eminem, the source and America's racial politics (old and new) ; Coalition building across race : organizing the hip-hop voting bloc

Acknowledgments

Index.