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Bomb The Suburbs
''Bomb The Suburbs'' is a collection of essays by William Upski Wimsatt, a former graffiti tagger. It is a mix of storytelling, journalism, photojournalism and original research, on a broad range of topics, such as suburban sprawl, hip hop culture, youth activism, graffiti, and Chicago. In the book Wimsatt presents hip hop as a force for social justice and political change. Reception The editor of '' Newcity'' has identified ''Bomb the Suburbs'' as "perhaps the definitive work of hip-hop literature". ''Bomb The Suburbs'' led to subsequent books and political activism. In an essay in his ''No More Prisons'' compilation, entitled "In Defense of Rich Kids", Wimsatt responded to class based critique of his social privilege Social privilege is a theory of special advantage or entitlement, which benefits one person, often to the detriment of others. Privileged groups can be advantaged based on education, social class, caste, age, height, weight, nationality, geographi ...: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Upski Wimsatt
William Wimsatt (born 1972) is an American author and political activist. He is the founder of the League of Young Voters, co-founder of Generational Alliance, and the author of three books including ''Bomb the Suburbs'', ''No More Prisons'', and ''Please Don't Bomb The Suburbs''. Early life and education Wimsatt was born in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and Kenwood Academy. He attended Oberlin College, but left during his junior year. His father, William C. Wimsatt, is a philosophy of science professor at the University of Chicago. Career Political activist Wimsatt directs two non-profit organizations, Gamechanger Labs, a new incubator of start-up projects, and Gamechanger Networks, which organizes networks of change-makers such as Vote Mob and Local Power Network. Wimsatt co-founded Rebuild the Dream (along with Natalie Foster and Van Jones), and served as its Partnerships and Political Director. Wimsatt founded the League of Young Vot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |