What does it mean when young white people want to do this to themselves?
(please note, to the best of my knowledge this is a totally serious, non-ironic “look how good my spray on fake tan I look like a carrot” scenario)
Further complicating the picture is the distinct influence of the far-east. Someone has obviously been travelling around the suburbs of New Jersey promoting the idea that it is cool to style your hair like a space mutant from Dragon Ball Z.
Finally:
Why are they doing this with their lips? 
I will leave interpretation to you. Note that the guy on the left looks like an androgynous clown who is melting. These men must spend a fortune on beauty and hair products. Obviously, identity politics is very complicated in America.
These, more questions than a comment:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=N_d9jWxHcfs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sA-451XMsuY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ei1Sl7RAmzw
But yeah
“These men must spend a fortune on beauty and hair products.” ==> and obviously without succes … ;-)
i swear i’ve seen these dudes on http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/
yo matt
crazy shit huh? As far as i know the first two pictures aren’t from American, but rather from Hungary?
http://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/new-jersey-not-to-blame-for-this-apparently/
There’s gotta be a an internet trend going on somewhere for photos of skin bleaching.
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Austrians! They are Austrians and they call their look PROLETARIAN BROWN.
http://whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com/2008/02/09/new-jersey-not-to-blame-for-this-apparently/
The kid on the left in the second picture (and the whythatsdelightful post) actually goes to my school in NYC, and he is from New Jersey.
http://furezhilton.blogspot.com/2007/11/doompadee-do.html
to be fair, i think these guys are working with an entirely different set of references. the self-tan and blow-out seems to have more to do with southern italians than african-americans.
of course, i don’t know any guys like this personally so it’s all speculation based on people in da club or in parked escalades.