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White Negroes
White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson
14 posts | 9 read | 1 reading | 26 to read
Explores how trends started in black communities are co-opted then turned into white profit and how this appropriation continues to uphold economic, political, and social inequality. In White Negroes, cultural commentator, essayist, and scholar Lauren Michele Jackson explores trends started in Black communities that have caught on and become cool, hugely popular and lucrative, but that exclude Black communities once mainstream audiences and mainstream dollars latch on. The consequences of this phenomenon can be easy to miss, as it is so ingrained in our consumer habits. Yet over and over, Black intellectual property is converted into white profit - one hashtag, hair style, music genre, and dance move at a time. This, Jackson argues, plays a role in keeping Black people from achieving economic, political, and social equity. Weaving together media scholarship and cultural critique, Jackson re-situates cultural appropriation as more than just a new buzzword. It is, she contends, simply another chapter in the long history of whiteness thriving at the expense, stolen labor and ingenuity of Black people. Further, her interrogation and exposure of the interracial antagonism resting on the other side of appropriation unravels behavior that feels normal only because it is common. Piercing, audacious, and bursting with pop-culture touchstones, White Negroes introduces a bold new voice in Jackson. Her debut is both a love letter to the creativity of Black folks and an urgent call for more thoughtful consumption by those who consider themselves "allies."
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Nathan_Opland-Dobs
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White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson
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White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson
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This book is another mandatory read. It's a quick but powerful and thought provoking book. This book dissects cultural appropriation through a lens that peers into the multiple perspectives on the topic. The author's research goes back approximately 20 years, roping in age old issues to current events, exposing how appropriation is exhibited currently.

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White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson
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White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson
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White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson
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From music to food to fashion to activism, Jackson expositions just how deeply anti-Blackness and the appropriation of Black culture are entrenched in the zeitgeist. She sticks to examining the American context, but given how widespread the consumption of anything American is, we can't exempt ourselves from this culpability on a global level. I've pretty much highlighted most of the book so I can't pull quotes. Please read it.

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White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson
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My #24in48 reading stack is ready to go... let‘s do this 📖🙌

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amma-keep-reading
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White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson
Pickpick

So happy that I finally dug into this. Enjoyed the personal and historical perspectives of current events.

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rsteve388
rsteve388
White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson
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This was an informative read on cultural appropriation by white people who ask to use black culture it's language music, anger and businesses to benefit personally. It gave excellent examples of what this looks like in today's world and uses household names that most people know of and can relate to.

#NFNov

Highly recommend!

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rsteve388
rsteve388
White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson

Points have been counted I am dead tired. If I missed one please tagged me in a comment and I'll find it tomorrow afternoon on my lunch break!

#NFNov

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rsteve388
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White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson
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Points have been counted for tonight! #NFNov I read Chapter 10 on my way to work today. It discussed food and the multiple ways in which white people appropriate from different cultures in order to become famous chefs.

Amiable Hi, Rachel! Can you add my posts from two days ago to my tally, too? 5y
coffees IDK if this is related but the other day I looked up authentic American food and there was a video I watched. It had five dishes and the fifth one was Mexican food and I was just like what the heck. You just called it *Mexican* food but are saying its authentic American food??? 🙃 5y
rsteve388 @amiable I believe I have added your points I commented on your posts did I miss any? 5y
rsteve388 @Crimson613 a lot of Americans get confused about Mexican food. What they think is Mexican is really TexMex and that is an American blend of cultures. 5y
Amiable @rsteve388 Nope, it's all good now! Thanks so much! 5y
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rsteve388
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White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson

Working my way through this book! I have also counted points and will count again before bed tonight at 8pm. Good work everyone!

I hope you are enjoying #NFNov

Amiable I have a couple posts from yesterday and two days ago that are still pending to be tallied — I am not sure if they showed up in the #NFNov tag, for some reason. I just went back and retyped the hashtag. (edited) 5y
rsteve388 Hey thanks for letting me know. I just counted for Friday through Saturday. Let me know if I missed anything! 5y
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rsteve388
rsteve388
White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue & and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation | Lauren Michele Jackson

So I am reading the tagged book during work and it is a fascinating look at why and how white people benfit from cultural appropriation.

But that's not what this post is about. It's about Do Men Read? It seems to me that the reading community is about 90% women so I googled: Do Men Read? And found this 2007 article: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14175229

KT1432 I've always found this interesting and wondered the reason behind the reading disparity between men and women. It's always nice when I see men engaged in literature and bookish culture. Sometimes it does feel overwhelming female. 5y
Chrissyreadit I find this interesting because there were many books and series geared toward boys (perhaps I should say white male readers because diversity is newer but adventure stories are not) I wonder if it has to do with time and occupations as well? My son is a voracious reader, as is my husband - my husband also loves comics. For generations women were only published under male pseudonym too. Now I‘m curious. 5y
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