- Taschenbuch: 304 Seiten
- Verlag: Harper Perennial; Auflage: 1 (15. Oktober 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0060988967
- ISBN-13: 978-0060988968
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,5 x 2,5 x 20,3 cm
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Nr. 166.119 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
- Nr. 93 in Englische Bücher > Unterhaltung & Kultur > Humor > Politisch
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Ferociously intelligent one moment, willfully smart-ass the next, ego trip's Big Book of Racism is a glorious, hilarious conflation of the racial undercurrents that affect contemporary culture at every turn. This one-of-a-kind encounter with the absurdities, complexities, and nuances of race relations is brought to you by five writers of color whose groundbreaking independent magazine, ego trip, has been called "the world's rawest, stinkiest, funniest magazine" by Spin.
Filled with enough testifying and truth to satisfy even the good Reverend Sharpton, ego trip's Big Book of Racism is a riotous and revolutionary look at race and popular culture that's sure to spark controversy and ignite debate.
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Ferociously intelligent one moment, willfully smart-ass the next, ego trip's Big Book of Racism is a glorious, hilarious conflation of the racial undercurrents that affect contemporary culture at every turn. This one-one-of-a-kind encounter with the absurdities, complexities, and nuances of race relations is brought to you by five writers of colour whose groundbreaking independent magazine, ego trip, has been called "the world's rawest, stinkiest, funniest magazine" by Spin, and included such unforgettable features as "ego trip's 8 Steps to Interracial Dating Perfection" and the hugely popular "Light Skinded vs. Dark Skinded: A (Sk)in-depth Debate on Blacks in Hip Hop." For over five years, ego trip redefined the way its readers saw each other, and now, with their Big Book of Racism, the gloves are really off. With sections entitled "Virtual Bullsh*t: A Look at Racist Video Games," "Hanging (With) the Homeboyz: ego trip talks to David Duke," and the definitive "Gorilla Film: ego trip's Racial Cinema Guide," this is a compendium that spares no one in its mad righteous quest.Filled with enough testifying and truth to satisfy even the good Reverend Sharpton (and definitely Reverend Run), ego trip's Big Book of Racism is bound to be more popular than the L.A. riots and more eloquent than the Mark Fuhrman court transcripts. It is, quite simply, the best, most acerbic and hilarious social satire since Moliere did his thing. Let the revolution begin.
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24. Oktober 2002
Format:Taschenbuch
This book is a frank & funny discussion on how race is lived from decidedly hip-hop perspective. It is a collection of lists, cartoons and essays published to skewer ALMOST every color of the rainbow. For the most part, it does a pretty good job.
The section devoted to sports was definitely the most thought provoking and informative, while the rest of the book was pretty hit ("Fear of a Black Pool Party" & the dictionary of new coined ethnic slurs) OR miss (the majority of the section on Asians was pretty weakly written, sorry y'all.)
I think the book could have been improved if the female perspective wasn't limited to one short piece on hair. For all the talk about what's wrong with everybody, women writers are almost completely left out. Except for a few scattered lists of women the writers found attractive (Brooke 'Doll Parts' Burke? Oh please!), this pop culture reference book doesn't have much to offer the ladies.
All in all I think the book is worth a look, it's far from perfect but still pretty entertaining.
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18. Juni 2003
Format:Taschenbuch
Very rarely does a book come along that can discuss something like race in a realistic manner... but, somehow this book does it. by being both tongue-in-cheek ("items in a chinese person's house not worth stealing") and deadly serious (listing various race incidents accross america from colonial times to the present on a state by state basis) this book actually delivers what it promises: a complete encyclopedia on race. By constantly mixing up it's tone and presentation (from dense factually based text to humorous cartoons), it manages to encompass so many viewpoints. Some of the things listed ("why hispanics steal?")are on that fine edge between parody and truth: are they kidding or are these the type of things that people may think but only say when drunk in the company of friends? As someone who is always glad to see the unspeakable said, I believe Ego Trip is operating in the tradition of Lenny Bruce: by speaking these thoughts and words, you are bringing them out into the open and thus demystifying them. Basically, race in america is a COMPLICATED issue to say the least. By coming at it from so many angles (and by always keeping a sense of humor), the authors may just come close to the truth.
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23. Dezember 2005
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Everyone who is remotely into music or film should own this. Gives a critical overview and insights into race and its place in popular American culture in the last twenty five years, especially in the Hip Hop culture. Very good book.
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