Black people: Classic or dud?

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holy request for reductionism, batman !

― mike (ro)bott, Sunday, 15 September 2002 01:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

A pedant writes:
"The turn of the century" - that would be less than 2 years ago, right? - Narrows the field somewhat

― bham, Monday, 16 September 2002 08:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

ooh aren't you ever-so-shocking!

― bob snoom, Monday, 16 September 2002 09:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

"Do you think it has any staying power?"

this thread is a joke, right? or is everyone taking it seriously?

― michael w., Monday, 16 September 2002 10:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think the US is about 25% black

Actually, the US is about 10% black.

― Christine "Green Leafy Dragon" Indigo (cindigo), Monday, 16 September 2002 13:19 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yeah, I was surprised to see that estimation as well! (Actually, though, I think even Americans consistently overestimate the number of blacks in the country.)

― nabisco (nabisco), Monday, 16 September 2002 21:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

I had seen that figure, rather than made it up. I wonder if it was 25% non-white or something like that, and I got it confused? Anyway, it makes the overrepresentation of black America in my collection even more substantial, obviously. I find it hard to imagine that anyone's music collection, or maybe just the American part of it, would be as little as 10% by black acts, but I guess it happens.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 17 September 2002 20:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

Main problem with thread: "Black People" != "Black Music". (I have a problem with the second term too, for the blindingly obvious reason that... it racializes music.)

― the pinefox (the pinefox), Tuesday, 17 September 2002 21:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

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