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- From: lovegod@wam.umd.edu (Donald Andrew Agarrat)
- Subject: Re: Rap (Yes, you're still in soc.motss) (Re: Marky Mark
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:20:43 GMT
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- In article <leroy.722481520@yak> leroy@socs.uts.edu.au (Leroy)
- writes:
- } Donald Andrew Agarrat wrote:
- } > Brett, there are probably like two people here who know
- } >anything about rap.
- }
- } I assume I'm the other?
-
- Judging from your post, I don't think so ...
-
- } > Most Gay men don't like rap. Well, let me clarify
- } > this. Most Gay men don't like legitimate rap.
- }
- } That's because we don't have that natural rythmn thing. Well,
- } let me clarify this. Most white people don't like rap -- well,
- } some white people, I'm sure, and they don't like it *a lot*.
- } And it's because, I'm sure, they don't have that natural
- } rhythm thing and because, I'm also sure, all kinds of stupid
- } and ugly characteristics have been ascribed to people of
- } either colour, and you guys got the rhythm. Well, let me
- } clarify that...
-
- Fuck you. If you were taught African history, Black people
- having natural, instinctual rhythm may not be the abstract,
- "ugly" idea you perceive it to be ...
-
- Don't get me wrong - I could care less whether or not White
- people listen to rap. Just like I didn't care whether or not
- White Gay men looked at or appreciated "Tongues Untied", by
- Marlon Riggs. The two are primarily for me. If you want to
- take the initiative to get to know my people better by these two
- and other mediums, fine. But I can neither wait for nor can I
- depend on White people to do either.
-
- Donald - It's time for some action!
-