can we just drop the expression, "people of color", altogether? all people
have (skin) color. a friend of mine, an artist from trinidad doing a
residence in harlem, once remarked on the subject that "white is all the
colors mixed together". and so is black, depending on your medium.
personally, i've never met a black or a white person. interesting that
these are visual metaphors. damn silly how much power they have over the
mind. blinding power.
but it is true that scientists recently discovered a gene for a favorable
predisposition towards electronically produced music. and it does
predominate in northern europeans with low concentrations of melanin
proteins in their epidermis. check the article:
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/04/olson-p1.htm
we're all africans but that's no guarantee that ya got the funk :)
aaron dario
hey that's an olfactory metaphor!
----- Original Message -----
From: B. Young <bjy07@hotmail.com>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 5:38 AM
Subject: Re: the most spiritual
>
>
>
> >From: Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com>
> >To: Max Rocha <maxrocha@pacbell.net>, acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> >Subject: Re: the most spiritual
> >Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 15:08:12 -0700
> >
> >At 10:33 AM 4/1/01 -0700, Max Rocha wrote:
> >>True, this "black & white" thing is sure getting old. I agree on the
note
> >>that there are more races/ethnicities, and actually, human diversity
> >>issues
> >>at stakes that needs to be addressed & be brought to our awareness. A
> >>good
> >>example would be the Elson's struggle as a Filipino American. When one
> >>hears a beat, would one think of, wow, could this be a Filipino
American's
> >>tune?
> >>
> >
> >Yeah, what y'all think when you hear a track from my bwoy Q-Bert? :)
> >
> >Yeah, electronic music is more than a white thing, it's more than a black
&
> >white thing, it's even more than a European-and-American thing.
> >Recently I discovered there's a big Live-PA scene in Manila, I heard some
> >Chinese techno music in HK and China, passed by a Bhangra club in
Singapore
> >and just found out about the whole "Nortec" scene going on in
Mexico...big
> >up to all those who are adding some new colors (visually and aurally)
into
> >the mix.
> >
> >Elson
> >e:trinity
> >
>
> Right on. I was positive people felt this way. I couldnt agree more that
> electronic music crosses and fuses all ethnic & cultural groups. I guess
its
> unreasonable for me to want all people to know this especially due to
> economic and social conditions. In due time I suppose. I apologize if
> anyone got the idea I was excluding other peoples. I think i used the
term
> people of color. I support a diverse range of music not only limited to
> electronic. A little more thought has brought me some peace of mind on
this
> whole subject. As i said before, in due time.
>
> Beau.
>
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