> how do *you* know the reason why he is popular is because he's white? >
No, he´s not popular, because of that - Mr Hawtin deserves some respect for his work, for sure But others do deserve the same respect - so we should take care that no one is KING of .... the tendency to lift Richie so high are in danger to create a king and if there´s a 5 to 6 difference on that page - that´s strange Why I think this way ? As I also work in the music-world I used to meet quite a few journalists ad musicians warning me in general like: "black people are difficult" - some were warning me that for example 4 hero are difficult, some people were saying theo parrish is difficult - meeting them in person resulted in some of the best talks I ever did have - learnt much, chatted much, laughed much, - But if this phenomenan "watch out - difficult" is also around in the US and I think it is, it does have a effect how black intelectual techno artists get placed the media - and this is just a little example of the media-game - Let´s say there´s this URB-magazine or so, maybe they sell better with a black artist on the cover, maybe with a white artist, maybe better with male or a female artist ? but if it does make a difference to their business, what do you think they will do ? -yes, they will take care that the better selling race/gender is selected - all those aspects (many many more) work on the popularity of artists - this is why *we* prefer to focus this because there is so much of this stuff working undercover I won´t deny that focusing can also bring problems - but this is the next level - we ain´t there by now out --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
