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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 2971 Views
I'd say that's pretty racist. - 22/03/2010 01:53:59 PM 872 Views
I don't think it's racist at all - 22/03/2010 07:15:55 PM 931 Views
Uh. - 22/03/2010 09:36:35 PM 1020 Views
Re: Uh. - 29/03/2010 07:03:14 PM 964 Views
I'm not Dutch, but that was a pretty ignornant claim - 29/03/2010 07:20:09 PM 880 Views
Re: I'm not Dutch, but that was a pretty ignornant claim - 29/03/2010 07:28:34 PM 992 Views
Not "higher" nor "lower," but "different" would be the word to use here - 29/03/2010 07:46:15 PM 818 Views
Re: Not "higher" nor "lower," but "different" would be the word to use here - 29/03/2010 07:53:56 PM 783 Views
An illustration of Larry's point... - 29/03/2010 08:14:55 PM 838 Views
This. ~points at Larry's post~ *NM* - 29/03/2010 07:42:35 PM 486 Views
Re: This. ~points at Larry's post~ - 29/03/2010 07:57:30 PM 868 Views
Um. - 29/03/2010 08:00:54 PM 1016 Views
Re: Um. - 29/03/2010 08:44:31 PM 820 Views
My question for you was on that one line that Larry responded to. - 29/03/2010 08:46:26 PM 856 Views
I was thinking the same thing as Rebekah - 23/03/2010 07:15:51 AM 876 Views
I don't see it - 22/03/2010 08:19:31 PM 881 Views
+1 *NM* - 22/03/2010 08:30:01 PM 467 Views
Re: +2 *NM* - 22/03/2010 09:53:43 PM 470 Views
Re: +3 *NM* - 22/03/2010 10:00:55 PM 451 Views
i'd say the actions in the commercial are more racist than the words - 22/03/2010 10:00:02 PM 845 Views
It would not float here in the US - 22/03/2010 10:07:08 PM 865 Views
Agreed. - 23/03/2010 05:36:14 AM 1025 Views
Could you please expand on one point in your reasoning? - 23/03/2010 07:20:31 AM 884 Views
It's not race specific music if it's enjoyed/performed/presented by various races. - 23/03/2010 07:32:33 AM 1124 Views
MOBO - 23/03/2010 10:20:22 AM 823 Views
Nice term, if a bit clumsy - 23/03/2010 11:10:34 AM 841 Views
The trouble lies in historical neuroses cooked in our melting pot, I think. - 23/03/2010 11:29:06 AM 870 Views
I suspect so as well - 23/03/2010 12:32:00 PM 972 Views
Well, the thing is, "American" is PURELY a culture, not a race. - 23/03/2010 01:55:59 PM 1099 Views
That's part of what I was thinking - 23/03/2010 07:50:19 AM 1220 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 860 Views
Agreed - 23/03/2010 10:21:59 AM 892 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 1120 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 823 Views
perhaps not as default... - 23/03/2010 03:08:19 PM 911 Views
The term encompasses listeners, performers and presenters. - 23/03/2010 04:42:55 PM 919 Views
So it's really not about skin color any more, right? - 23/03/2010 09:12:20 PM 944 Views
it's racist and unacceptable. - 23/03/2010 09:07:10 PM 983 Views

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