Re: [microsound] [OT] hiphop article (fwd)

[ben nevile <bbn@xxxxxxxx>]

> Alright, sure... he's being polemic to make a point.  And the article 
> is
> written for a mass-market publication, rather than a scholarly journal.
> But in reducing the authors' argument to "the imagery presented in 
> hip-hop
> culture is the sole reason for racism and the plight of blacks in 
> society
> today"  is to grossly oversimplify a more subtle and complex argument.

he ended his article with the summary that "hip hop creates nothing."
this is subtle?  complex?  makes perfect sense that he's an academic, 
nobody else could be so right and so wrong at the same time.

bbn

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