The cost of being “real”: black authenticity, colourism, and Billboard Rap Chart rankings
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DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1343484
Abstract: ABSTRACT Research on black authenticity identifies “oppressive othering” and “white standards of beauty”, particularly lighter skin tone, as key components. Few studies disentangle which of these two theoretical components matter the most for a particular… read more here.
Keywords: chart rankings; skin tone; black authenticity; billboard rap ... See more keywords