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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 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 3050 Views
I'd say that's pretty racist. - 22/03/2010 01:53:59 PM 938 Views
I don't think it's racist at all - 22/03/2010 07:15:55 PM 997 Views
Uh. - 22/03/2010 09:36:35 PM 1072 Views
Re: Uh. - 29/03/2010 07:03:14 PM 1023 Views
I'm not Dutch, but that was a pretty ignornant claim - 29/03/2010 07:20:09 PM 938 Views
Re: I'm not Dutch, but that was a pretty ignornant claim - 29/03/2010 07:28:34 PM 1045 Views
Not "higher" nor "lower," but "different" would be the word to use here - 29/03/2010 07:46:15 PM 880 Views
Re: Not "higher" nor "lower," but "different" would be the word to use here - 29/03/2010 07:53:56 PM 835 Views
An illustration of Larry's point... - 29/03/2010 08:14:55 PM 907 Views
This. ~points at Larry's post~ *NM* - 29/03/2010 07:42:35 PM 520 Views
Re: This. ~points at Larry's post~ - 29/03/2010 07:57:30 PM 925 Views
Um. - 29/03/2010 08:00:54 PM 1076 Views
Re: Um. - 29/03/2010 08:44:31 PM 878 Views
My question for you was on that one line that Larry responded to. - 29/03/2010 08:46:26 PM 915 Views
I was thinking the same thing as Rebekah - 23/03/2010 07:15:51 AM 947 Views
I don't see it - 22/03/2010 08:19:31 PM 940 Views
+1 *NM* - 22/03/2010 08:30:01 PM 497 Views
Re: +2 *NM* - 22/03/2010 09:53:43 PM 500 Views
Re: +3 *NM* - 22/03/2010 10:00:55 PM 486 Views
i'd say the actions in the commercial are more racist than the words - 22/03/2010 10:00:02 PM 912 Views
It would not float here in the US - 22/03/2010 10:07:08 PM 923 Views
Agreed. - 23/03/2010 05:36:14 AM 1088 Views
Could you please expand on one point in your reasoning? - 23/03/2010 07:20:31 AM 945 Views
It's not race specific music if it's enjoyed/performed/presented by various races. - 23/03/2010 07:32:33 AM 1186 Views
MOBO - 23/03/2010 10:20:22 AM 896 Views
Nice term, if a bit clumsy - 23/03/2010 11:10:34 AM 890 Views
The trouble lies in historical neuroses cooked in our melting pot, I think. - 23/03/2010 11:29:06 AM 936 Views
I suspect so as well - 23/03/2010 12:32:00 PM 1022 Views
Well, the thing is, "American" is PURELY a culture, not a race. - 23/03/2010 01:55:59 PM 1165 Views
That's part of what I was thinking - 23/03/2010 07:50:19 AM 1278 Views
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 914 Views
Agreed - 23/03/2010 10:21:59 AM 948 Views
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 1182 Views
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 873 Views
perhaps not as default... - 23/03/2010 03:08:19 PM 953 Views
The term encompasses listeners, performers and presenters. - 23/03/2010 04:42:55 PM 979 Views
So it's really not about skin color any more, right? - 23/03/2010 09:12:20 PM 1002 Views
it's racist and unacceptable. - 23/03/2010 09:07:10 PM 1042 Views

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