I read the article you mentioned below and would you please email me
directly pointing out where it mentions ANYTHING about elec. music and
northern european genes. Um, look at early 70's, and look at hip hop.
Plenty of electronics created early on by non europeans. I apologize to the
group for letting this get off topic. My original intention was a
discussion on the fact of electronic music being classified as "white" by
people, which i know is not the case. Skin color is a touchy issue for many
but I couldnt think of another subject title.
I'm not going to keep this going after this because its coming down to
personal opinions not even related to the music and people are
misinterpreting my intention. But dropping the term "people of color" is out
of the question in my book. The fact is I am mixed with various races (incl.
white) and I'm offended you'd even ask that of anyone. I take pride in being
a person of color as do many others. I'm proud and comfortable with my
beliefs though regardless.
Beau.
>From: "adario" <adario@thingsburnup.com>
>To: "B. Young" <bjy07@hotmail.com>, "acid jazz" <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>Subject: Re: the most spiritual
>Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 12:11:20 -0400
>
>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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