What serendipitous timing for this discussion to start. Recently, I had a
conversation about music with a female coworker of mine who is bi-racial.
She has been raised with a whole variety of perspectives that I as a white
female Southern baby boomer didn't experience. We were talking about music,
and her preferences always surprise me. What really surprised me though was
when she mentioned that she and her husband, who is black, attended a Joni
Mitchell concert not too long ago - I assumed it was the BSN tour. She said
her husband was a huge fan, and he had been somewhat disappointed in the
show because Joni didn't do her "old" stuff. I think I successfully
disguised my surprise that a young black man would be a Joni fan, and I
didn't want to reveal my "cracker" ignorance by asking too many questions,
but nevertheless I was fascinated.
So thanks for starting this discussion thread and educating me. "Racial"
topics can cause very touchy discussions, it seems especially so here in the
south, and I'm always afraid I will offend someone out of ignorance. The
discussions on this list are always so open and free.
Sybil
NP:"Cowgirl in the Sand" I found the Decade CDs in the changer left there
by my 17 year old son. Listening to Neil Young at 17, I'm not sure this is
an entirely good thing.
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