A Guest in the House of Hip-Hop: How Rap Music Taught a Kid from Kentucky What a White Ally Should Be

by Mickey Hess

Born in rural Kentucky, Mickey Hess grew up listening to the militant rap of Public Enemy while living in a place where the state song still included the word "darkies." Listening to hip-hop made Hess think about what it meant to be white, while the environment in small-town Kentucky encouraged him to avoid or even mock such self-examination.

With America's history of cultural appropriation, we've come to mistrust white people who participate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632460777
• ISBN13: 9781632460776
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Ig Publishing
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"