Its pretty sad thinking about this concept. Even modern artists talk about this shit. Chance The Rapper (also from Chicago) talks about how he would always tell people he was "mixed" despite being 100% black... and looking back, he says hes really ashamed of that.
You look on TV and half the black celebrities are "whited up" unless they're in a role society is used to them in (rapper, athlete, etc).
There is a Negativland song that touches on this subject titled "Why Is This Commercial?". Musically its not that great of a song, but its part of a concept album. That whole album is great, and I recommend giving it a listen purely for its "lyrical" content and message.
Its pretty sad thinking about this concept. Even modern artists talk about this shit. Chance The Rapper (also from Chicago) talks about how he would always tell people he was "mixed" despite being 100% black... and looking back, he says hes really ashamed of that.
You look on TV and half the black celebrities are "whited up" unless they're in a role society is used to them in (rapper, athlete, etc).
There is a Negativland song that touches on this subject titled "Why Is This Commercial?". Musically its not that great of a song, but its part of a concept album. That whole album is great, and I recommend giving it a listen purely for its "lyrical" content and message.