Re: BLACKFACE: a musing

["David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>]

c'mon - we all know looping is GAY.

:-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "loop.pool" <looppool@cruzio.com>
To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:29 PM
Subject: BLACKFACE: a musing


> Andre wrote:
>
> "As an african-american - -I thought we had moved past the ugly concept 
>of
> "blackface".
> I donšt care if oberheim, korg, or fender is involved.. We must speak
out!!"
>
>
> Being a white man,  I realize I can never know how deeply such a comment
> would trigger me if I were black
> so I think we should proceed with extreme caution and sensitivity with
this
> subject.
>
> I , personally,  am working towards a world where the ravages of racism,
> sexism, aegism will be long forgotten.
>
> But, as Michael Franti of Spearhead said after the depressing anti-war
rally
> in San Francisco that occurred right after the
> War in Iraq had started out:   If we think that the cause of a world that
is
> peaceful is a valid concept, then we have to realize that
> it will not occur in our lifetime.  That musn't deter us from working 
>hard
> as advocates of a peaceful world and a world where mutual
> respect and cultural diversity is both promoted and appreciated.  We must
be
> prepared to work hard for our entire lives so that the next
> six or seven generations of human beings even have a shot at creating 
>such
a
> world.   Being an eternal optimist (well, usually) I think it is worth
> working for.
>
> About the use of Blackface as a description of the newer and unavailable
> EDPs,
> Personally,   I get really sad when we can't use words like 'gay' and
> 'blackface' because cultural intolerance has turned those phrases from
> literal ones into highly sensitive and hurtful concepts.
>
> How, Andre, would you suggest that we refer to the physical description 
>of
> the new EDPs versus the old ones.   My mind is open.
>
> yours, respectfully,   Rick Walker  aka L()()p.p()()L
>