Why white boys dress like black boys: a study of the British Wigger Progress map

TELEVISION PROGRAM:

BLEACH, NIP, TUCK: THE WHITE BEAUTY MYTH:

Bleach, Nip, Tuck: The White Beauty Myth (2009). Television Program. Majumdar, Krishnendu (Director and Producer). Channel Four. London: 3rd November. More info:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/bleach-nip-tuck-the-white-beauty-myth/4od

QUOTES:

'What I dream about is being white'

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'In the hidden world of de-racialization anything is possible'

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'I can easily be smoking weed and be doing nothing or walk into Waitrose and hold my head up high'

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'He's fair and good-looking and I'm dark and ugly'

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'I've always wanted to look like barbie… I think she is the perfect woman'

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'De-racialization surgery is thriving across the world'

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'People are trying to adapt to each others society'

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'In Asian society, the fairer your skin, the more beautiful you are'

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'I just wish I was white, not black'

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'What I dream about is how to look white'

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'Its not more caucasian, its more mainstream'

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'Whiteness equals power, equals glamour, equals success'

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SO WHY WHEN MOST OF THE WORLD IS THRIVING FOR WHITENESS DO SOME YURN TO BE BLACK?

DO WHITE PEOPLE WANT TO BE BLACK?

DO YOU GET PEOPLE DE-RACILIZING THEMSELVES IN THE OPPOSITE FASHION - GOING BLACK NOT WHITE?

DOES WHITE REALLY EQUATE TO POWER, GLAMOUR AND SUCCESS? MAINSTREAM BLACK CULTURE, FOR EXAMPLE HIP-HOP, PORTRAYS THESE ELEMENTS. ARE THEY 'ACTING WHITE' AND SO IN-REVERSE ANYONE 'ACTING BLACK' IS ULTIMATELY EXAGGERATING THEIR WHITENESS?