The trouble lies in historical neuroses cooked in our melting pot, I think.
Joel Send a noteboard - 23/03/2010 11:29:06 AM
An annual awards over here in the UK. It means Music Of Black Origin.
I would assume that is what most people mean when they say black music. Not that white people don't enjoy it, or even play it but that the origin of that type is black culture. Same as one could say Indian music to mean music that is of a style recognised as being of Indian origin.
I would assume that is what most people mean when they say black music. Not that white people don't enjoy it, or even play it but that the origin of that type is black culture. Same as one could say Indian music to mean music that is of a style recognised as being of Indian origin.
I think most people would expect "Indian" music to originate in the Indian subcontinent, not just Indian culture. However, we're dealing here with distinctly American, not African, music, and if we start classifying American music along racial lines it sets off various alarms for a lot of people. Not that the same issues can't arise with other music, but it remains particularly sensitive here because of the history. I think it safe to say that as long as Nation of Islam exists the issues of assimilation and integration that produced it do, too. As long as the Souths unofficial anthem is a product of the traveling minstrel shows (no lie) and a black Presidential candidate has to go from accusations of not being black enough to accusations of being TOO black, jazz radio commercials dousing hosts with paint to make them "blacker than ever" will seem racially insensitive (at best) to most Americans. Of course, the Netherlands aren't part of the US, but jazz is.
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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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