In the inner city streets in the United States, one often notices groups of black youth wearing prison-style outfits, carrying boom boxes and listening to rap music. Inevitably one hears them use the N-word among themselves. Upon entering a migrant district in any European city, one encounters almost identical scenes. However, in European cities, most of migrant youth are of a "white" or olive complexion, who refer to themselves as "Wiggers," "white Niggers," or "Black albinos." The essays included in this volume are an outgrowth of a symposium on transcultural and national orientation called...
In the inner city streets in the United States, one often notices groups of black youth wearing prison-style outfits, carrying boom boxes and listenin...