This month’s Book Club pick is Lauren Michele Jackson’s essay collection White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue … and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation. It sharply examines the widespread white appropriation of Black ingenuity as a plague which exacerbates racial tensions to this day. From fashion to music, speech and even activism, the global influence of Black creativity is fodder for those who seek to profit and thrive at the expense of true originators. New Yorker contributor Jackson’s debut book, White Negroes is a narrative, scholarly cultural critique of the insidious trend which we have come to take for granted.
We will be discussing White Negroes by Lauren Michele Jackson on Wednesday, June 29th. You can find out who our guest will be for that discussion by listening to the podcast on June 1st. If you’d like even more discussion around the book, consider joining The Stacks Pack on Patreon and participating in The Stacks’ monthly virtual book club.
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