Rob wrote in response to KJ:
I'm sorry you feel this way KJ. Music is a sound and can't been seen, so
hence has no colour.... you can like it or not.
As for "Race is always an issue..." I don't know what colour you are? It
makes no difference to me either.... it's what you've got to say and do that
interests me, not the colour of your skin.
If you have a problem with colour then I can understand why "race is always
an issue" to you in your world, however, please don't accuse the rest of us
of being the same as you!
Okay, let's nip this one in the bud before it escalates:
Yes, music *itself* has no colour, BUT: the producers *do* have colour. As
I think anyone will agree, skin colour and race -no matter what it is-
influences (no, not determine, just influence) a whole host of social and
economic factors. For quite a few producers, especially from Detroit, these
factors are tightly connected to their music and their philosophy behind it.
Of course, from an ethics point of view skin colour and race should not
matter, but the fact is that they do. To deny that "race is an issue" is a
slap in the face for the people for whom it is a daily fact of life. The
only solution is to acknowledge that there are differences and then move
beyond them. Just don't deny it.
That is what KJ in his, ahem, eloquent, post was getting at.
Otto
