Description 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 deeply in black.
Description 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
