http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Thu, 24 May 2012 10:11:38 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/weems/ipod/Weems7.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/weems/ipod/Weems7.m4v “One of the scariest things I found in researching Desegregating the Dollar was that as early as the 1930s,” explains Weems, “corporate marketers figured out that black people had an especially acute case of status anxiety” because of their particular history of slavery. Weems’ current project reacts against the conspicuous consumption celebrated in the realm of hip-hop as “bling-bling.” 3 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:45:11 GMT