On 2/13/07, kate simko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i usually hold back from responding to these quasi-political posts on the list. but, i feel the need to say that you are not really talking about "american music" here; you are talking about black music. jazz, blues, rock, soul, funk, hip-hop, disco, house, etc. are all black music genres.
you dont have to explain that to me, ive argued that exact point on this list for years now. that is part of the equation, but the fact is that there are other places where black people were enslaved and repressed and killed that DIDN'T create musics like black people in america did. that alone is not the cause, it is the specific american attitude combined with that repression and other variables..... odd that you excluded rock and roll as black music though ;) tom
