The video for Iggy Azalea's Work shows her in am American "trailer trash" community: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zR6ROjoOX0
This is despite the fact that Iggy Azalea is Australian and comes from a middle class family, so her pose as American trailer trash is an example of social tourism.
But the refrain of Work "no money, no family" makes the important point that without money or family you are lost.
Which is why we should be welcoming all moves to strengthen the family as an institution.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/26/cameron-woos-right-marriage-tax
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What makes this video even odder is that she's singing in an urban African-American accent!
The video was directed by Jonas & François and it appears that Iggy Azalea means it to be an affirmation of the trailer park lifestyle (a celebration of "outsiders"). This is of questionable morality since most people living in trailer parks are not there through choice, and their lifestyles should not be used as a creative backdrop for middle class individuals such as Iggy Azalea trying to construct an "outsider" CV for herself.
In the United Kingdom the eminent historian David Starkey has identified a category of young white people who want to be "black" (and adopt black culture and black patois), and possibly this is an example of the phenomenom.
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