Uploaded January 2010 | Updated September 2026, 7 minutes ago
To watch the entire documentary, to read background information and to order DVDs, visit:
newsreel.org/video/BLACKING-UP
Blacking Up explores tensions surrounding white participation in hip-hop. Popularly referred to by derogatory terms such as wannabe or wigger, the figure of the white person who identifies with hip-hop often invokes heated responses. For some, it is an example of cultural progress a movement toward a color-blind America. For others, it is just another case of cultural theft and mockery a repetition of a racist past.
To watch the entire documentary, to read background information and to order DVDs, visit:
newsreel.org/video/BLACKING-UP
Blacking Up explores tensions surrounding white participation in hip-hop. Popularly referred to by derogatory terms such as wannabe or wigger, the figure of the white person who identifies with hip-hop often invokes heated responses. For some, it is an example of cultural progress a movement toward a color-blind America. For others, it is just another case of cultural theft and mockery a repetition of a racist past.
