Bayuaji, Adrian Rafitama (2025) EXAMINING THE PHENOMENON OF REVERSE DISCRIMINATION IN AMERICAN SOCIETY THROUGH THE LENS OF HIP-HOP RAP MUSIC REFLECTED IN EMINEM’S WHITE AMERICA (2002) & TOM MACDONALD’S WHITE BOY (2018). Undergraduate thesis, Faculty of Humanity.

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Abstract

White America (2002) by Eminem and White Boy (2018) by Tom MacDonald are
songs which explored the experience from white artists in Hip-hop industry. Both
songs represented different eras of hip-hop and the influence of white people
inside the industry. These songs brought the messages of reverse discrimination
which they experienced inside an industry that heavily influence by African-
American community. This study explores Eminem and Tom MacDonald
experiences by utilizes the theory from Hess (2005). This study applies the
phenomenological approach stated by Poole (1971) in order to breakdown
Eminem and Tom MacDonald’s experience of reverse discrimination from their
songs. The result found that although that the causes of reverse discrimination that
the artists are similar which are affect by their physical traits but the manifestation
of the reverse discrimination experiences from both rappers were different, their
songs provide that discrimination toward white artists existed in the Hip-hop
industry and the community. The manifestation of discrimination Eminem
experienced was caused due to his physical appearance, while Tom experienced it
due to the accusation as a culture appropriator. Even though Hip-hop already has
changed and people awareness about discrimination has increased significantly,
reverse discrimination targeted to white artists still persist.
Keywords: reverse discrimination, hip-hop rap music

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