Re: [microsound] [OT] hiphop article

["tobias c. van Veen" <tobias@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So is Condoleeza Rice.

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>> And finally, it seems like the writer went to great lengths to prove his
>> bigotry to be valid.
> 
> Hmmm... Does it matter that the author is Black?
> 
>> I mean, jesus: "Hip Hop creates nothing"?!?  the author clearly is a
>> retard.
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> ...and has a doctorate in linguistics, and is teaching at Berkely, and has
> done years of research on the subject of representation and race in
> language? (see:
> http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/lingdept/Current/people/facpages/mcwhorter
> .html
> ) I think that some of you are taking him a little too
> lightly--maybe this article deserves a closer read and some reasoned
> criticism.
> 
> 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.
> 
> -Michael
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> Michael Arnold Mages
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