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Originally Posted by Glice
Something I'm really interested in is how the mythology still carries traces of racism. 'Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil' - because, of course, it's not possible for a black man to be prodigiously talented. Django is generally considered in jazz circles to be prolifically gifted, not because of the suffering he underwent as a gypsy (an ethnic identity) but because he was fucking amazing.
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Another thing that really interests me is how white guilt relates to people who don't like hip hop at all, or certain styles of music that are popular in a big way with a predominantly black audience. You must have heard some white boy or girl trying their hand at having the higher moral ground because they listen to hip hop, therefore they
truly understand the plague of
ALL black folks.