... values and perspectives passed on through the music. In tracing the music, he brilliantly illuminates the influence of African Americans on American culture and history. The White Negro is a 9,000 word essay by Norman Mailer that recorded a number of young white people in the 1920's, 1930's and 1940's who liked jazz and swing music so much that they adopted black culture ... critics often hid behind the black stereotypes in order to explain the increased fascination that world had with jazz. Yet, despite critic's efforts to remove jazz from its African American origins, it remains an ac...

• Word Count: 530
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate