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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 2753 Views
I'd say that's pretty racist. - 22/03/2010 01:53:59 PM 734 Views
I don't think it's racist at all - 22/03/2010 07:15:55 PM 777 Views
Uh. - 22/03/2010 09:36:35 PM 870 Views
Re: Uh. - 29/03/2010 07:03:14 PM 810 Views
I'm not Dutch, but that was a pretty ignornant claim - 29/03/2010 07:20:09 PM 745 Views
Re: I'm not Dutch, but that was a pretty ignornant claim - 29/03/2010 07:28:34 PM 834 Views
Not "higher" nor "lower," but "different" would be the word to use here - 29/03/2010 07:46:15 PM 676 Views
Re: Not "higher" nor "lower," but "different" would be the word to use here - 29/03/2010 07:53:56 PM 632 Views
An illustration of Larry's point... - 29/03/2010 08:14:55 PM 703 Views
This. ~points at Larry's post~ *NM* - 29/03/2010 07:42:35 PM 419 Views
Re: This. ~points at Larry's post~ - 29/03/2010 07:57:30 PM 721 Views
Um. - 29/03/2010 08:00:54 PM 872 Views
Re: Um. - 29/03/2010 08:44:31 PM 660 Views
My question for you was on that one line that Larry responded to. - 29/03/2010 08:46:26 PM 690 Views
I was thinking the same thing as Rebekah - 23/03/2010 07:15:51 AM 736 Views
I don't see it - 22/03/2010 08:19:31 PM 727 Views
+1 *NM* - 22/03/2010 08:30:01 PM 406 Views
Re: +2 *NM* - 22/03/2010 09:53:43 PM 406 Views
Re: +3 *NM* - 22/03/2010 10:00:55 PM 383 Views
i'd say the actions in the commercial are more racist than the words - 22/03/2010 10:00:02 PM 716 Views
It would not float here in the US - 22/03/2010 10:07:08 PM 728 Views
Agreed. - 23/03/2010 05:36:14 AM 882 Views
Could you please expand on one point in your reasoning? - 23/03/2010 07:20:31 AM 727 Views
It's not race specific music if it's enjoyed/performed/presented by various races. - 23/03/2010 07:32:33 AM 967 Views
MOBO - 23/03/2010 10:20:22 AM 680 Views
Nice term, if a bit clumsy - 23/03/2010 11:10:34 AM 685 Views
The trouble lies in historical neuroses cooked in our melting pot, I think. - 23/03/2010 11:29:06 AM 726 Views
I suspect so as well - 23/03/2010 12:32:00 PM 816 Views
Well, the thing is, "American" is PURELY a culture, not a race. - 23/03/2010 01:55:59 PM 935 Views
That's part of what I was thinking - 23/03/2010 07:50:19 AM 1052 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 718 Views
Agreed - 23/03/2010 10:21:59 AM 747 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 964 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 683 Views
perhaps not as default... - 23/03/2010 03:08:19 PM 750 Views
The term encompasses listeners, performers and presenters. - 23/03/2010 04:42:55 PM 772 Views
So it's really not about skin color any more, right? - 23/03/2010 09:12:20 PM 806 Views
it's racist and unacceptable. - 23/03/2010 09:07:10 PM 846 Views

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