unfortunately, racism is here to stay.
i don't think it's a question of white appropriation any longer due to the
fact that these genre-related boundaries have dissolved so much since some
of the first acts of theft on [white people's] parts (i.e., jazz)... YET,
the funniest thing about it is, jazz itself was a fusion of the african
rhythmic and improvisational sense *with* european tonalities. off the bat,
i don't think someone could say jazz is purely black music- it's
african-american music to be sure, but why not just american? there were
and are a lot of talented white players- for instance, look at miles davis'
"birth of the cool" roster: those guys were ALL WHITE, and that was in the
late forties (we hadn't even gotten to mclaughlin, corea, scofield, etc.
yet!)
with blues, rock, hip-hop, techno, house, whatever else, it's the same
fucking issue and you know what? FUCK IT.
zachary
zim200is7.nyu.edu
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