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Wigger (common spelling wigga) is a slang term for a white person who emulates mannerisms, language, and fashions associated with African-American culture, particularly hip hop, and in Britain, the grime scene.〔Bernstein, Nell: ''Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers'', 5th ed. 607〕 The term is a portmanteau of ''white'' and ''nigger''. The term "nigger" has often been used disparagingly, and since the mid-20th century, particularly in the United States, its usage became unambiguously pejorative and it is viewed as a racist insult. One dictionary defines the term as a slang, derogatory reference to "...a white youth who adopts black youth culture by adopting its speech, wearing its clothes, and listening to its music." Another dictionary defines the term as "offensive slang" referring to a "...white person, usually a teenager or young adult, who adopts the fashions, the tastes, and often the mannerisms considered typical of urban black youth." The term may be considered derogatory, reflecting stereotypes of African-American, black British and white culture (when used as synonym of white trash). The ''wannabe'' connotation may be used pejoratively, implying a failed attempt at cultural appropriation by a white subject. It is also sometimes used in a racist manner, not only belittling the person perceived as "acting black", but also demeaning black people and culture, by proxy. ==Phenomenon== The phenomenon of white people adopting stereotypical black mannerisms, speech, and apparel – which in the general case is called allophilia – has appeared in several generations since slavery was abolished in the Western world. The concept has been documented in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and other white-majority countries. An early form of this was the ''white negro'' in the jazz and swing music scenes of the 1920s and 1930s; as examined in the 1957 Norman Mailer essay "The White Negro". It was later seen in the zoot suiter of the 1930s and 1940s, the hipster of the 1940s, the beatnik of the 1950s-1960s, the blue-eyed soul of the 1970s, and the hip hop of the 1980s and 1990s. Bakari Kitwana, "...a culture critic who's been tracking American hip hop for years..." has written ''Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wangstas, Wiggers, Wannabes, and the New Reality of Race in America.'' In 1993, an article in the UK newspaper ''The Independent'' described the phenomenon of white, middle-class kids who were "wannabe Blacks". The African-American hip hop artist Azealia Banks has criticized white rapper Iggy Azalea "..for failing to comment on “black issues” despite capitalising on the appropriation of African American culture in her music." Banks has called Azelea a “wigger” and there have been "...accusations of racism against Azalea" focused on her "...insensitivity to the complexities of race relations and cultural appropriation."〔 Robert A. Clift's documentary, "Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity," questions white enthusiasts of black hip-hop culture. The term of art "wigger" "...is used both proudly and derisively to describe white enthusiasts of black hip-hop culture."〔(Hank Stuever “'Blacking Up' documentary questions white enthusiasts of black hip-hop culture”, Washington Post, 30 January 2010 )〕Clift's documentary examines "...racial and cultural ownership and authenticity -- a path that begins with the stolen blackness seen in the success of Stephen Foster, Al Jolson, Benny Goodman, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones -- all the way up to Vanilla Ice (popular music's ur-wigger...and Eminem."〔 A review of the documentary refers to the wiggers as "white poseurs."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wigger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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