Re: [microsound] [OT] hiphop article

["Dominic Lanzone" <dubvurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

huh........
ok. so.
black people are a minority in the US. for an album to go gold or platinum
here, get video airplay ect, it's has to appeal to NONblacks. therefore,
what sells and what you see has more to do with NONblacks fantasies of what
black life is. 
this age old and venerable tradition of black folks having to wear black
face to make a buck goes all the way back to the beginnings of vaudeville.
wether this is a cause of how young blacks structure their identity or not
is an interesting question.
there are also many many interesting theories into why nonblacks have these
kinds of fantasies about blackness, too many to go into here, although i do
recommend the book Learning to Be White by Thandeka. not as a definitive
text but a definite think jogger.
before talking about the problems in the black community consider that poor
people ALL over the world have very similar problems in their communities.
these problems are not inherently connected to blackness. 
-dominic

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