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Re: [microsound] [OT] hiphop article



exactly, Asians are held up as the "model minority" while Blacks are the
antithesis...
devide and conquer...
b
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dominic Lanzone" <dubvurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [microsound] [OT] hiphop article

> 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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