- Paperback: 292 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; 1 edition (20 Mar 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060988967
- ISBN-13: 978-0060988968
- Product Dimensions: 20.5 x 2.5 x 20.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 903,983 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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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This is very much a follow up to Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists. Ego Trip was an independent US Hip Hop magazine in the 1990s, which also took a look at the New York street and cultural scenes. The book is more than just lists, it also has articles and graphics. Readers who posses a "Hp Hop State of Mind" will understand this book, which delves into the social culture of the USA during the Hip Hop years. From politics to junk TV, from music to sport, it provides a sideways look at race from a generation that is probably more racially integrated and tolerant than at any other time in the last 300 years.
6 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Basically this books seeks to expose racist views by showing examples of racism - i'm not sure how well it suceeds in this. Some of these examoples are very crude such as a top 100 chart of the most disliked ethnic groups in the US. More interesting are historical based 'articles' such as one exploring the racist comments US politicians have made
Notable things about this book are that is very much written from an American point of view and is in no way politcally correct -its quite the opposite. The book consists of a number of articles much like a magazine. The articles are sometimes factual, often not and seem almost endless. The language used it slang and to me seems unecessarily so.
Some people might find this book offensive - i did not. I felt it was not particulaly funny but in fact tried overly to be so. The plus points were the exploration in the ideas of racism and the variety of information - the style was definately look for.
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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24 Oct 2002
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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.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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18 Jun 2003
Format:Paperback
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 Dec 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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