In part because "black music" is an antiquated term at best and quite insulting in several contexts. The black paint would be construed by several as being related to blackface attire and that is very controversial here and has been for at least one generation, if not two.
Interesting how social mores differ from culture to culture, though.
Interesting how social mores differ from culture to culture, though.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
Is it racist?: Commercial for Jazz/Soul radio
- 22/03/2010 01:47:45 PM
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I don't think it's racist at all
- 22/03/2010 07:15:55 PM
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Uh.
- 22/03/2010 09:36:35 PM
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Re: Uh.
- 29/03/2010 07:03:14 PM
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I'm not Dutch, but that was a pretty ignornant claim
- 29/03/2010 07:20:09 PM
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Re: I'm not Dutch, but that was a pretty ignornant claim
- 29/03/2010 07:28:34 PM
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Not "higher" nor "lower," but "different" would be the word to use here
- 29/03/2010 07:46:15 PM
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Re: Not "higher" nor "lower," but "different" would be the word to use here
- 29/03/2010 07:53:56 PM
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This. ~points at Larry's post~ *NM*
- 29/03/2010 07:42:35 PM
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Re: This. ~points at Larry's post~
- 29/03/2010 07:57:30 PM
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Um.
- 29/03/2010 08:00:54 PM
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Re: Um.
- 29/03/2010 08:44:31 PM
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My question for you was on that one line that Larry responded to.
- 29/03/2010 08:46:26 PM
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She agrees with you about it not being racist - she had issues with your "crude" comment.
- 29/03/2010 08:59:44 PM
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I don't see it
- 22/03/2010 08:19:31 PM
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i'd say the actions in the commercial are more racist than the words
- 22/03/2010 10:00:02 PM
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It would not float here in the US
- 22/03/2010 10:07:08 PM
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Agreed.
- 23/03/2010 05:36:14 AM
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Could you please expand on one point in your reasoning?
- 23/03/2010 07:20:31 AM
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It's not race specific music if it's enjoyed/performed/presented by various races.
- 23/03/2010 07:32:33 AM
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MOBO
- 23/03/2010 10:20:22 AM
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The trouble lies in historical neuroses cooked in our melting pot, I think.
- 23/03/2010 11:29:06 AM
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Only if it's racist to mention the fact that different races exist. Which seems to be the US view.
- 23/03/2010 09:24:23 AM
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Agreed
- 23/03/2010 10:21:59 AM
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Some people are like that, yes, but at least it isn't the "accepted" media position. Yet. *NM*
- 23/03/2010 11:01:47 AM
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Not at all, the problem is when people seem to say something is exclusive to a given race.
- 23/03/2010 11:51:06 AM
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I agree with some of what you say, but I think you're assuming more than is warranted.
- 23/03/2010 02:33:34 PM
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