Black Americans…spearhead[ed] nearly every major American music movement in the U.S. sinc
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Black Americans…spearhead[ed] nearly every major American music movement in the U.S. since the 19th century. Even so, white people have continued to be the main profiteers, record executives, and often the majority of the consumers of black work since the minstrel era. And if Iggy Azaelia’s recent American Music Award win for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop album is any indication, minstrelsy is still America’s delivery method of choice for the consumption of black art. What are white artists doing with all the money and social capital they’ve been rewarded as a result of their culture jacking (or, more precisely, what are they doing for black people)? (read more…) http://thecoloredfountain.net/2014/11/30/what-have-you-done-for-black-people-today/ -- source link
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