I can't offer much resembling an objective opinion since the author is one of my closest friends. What I can say is that the hate mail he's gotten has been I>hilarious[/i]. White Supremacists are massively asshurt.
Don't the (largely white) top 5 percent still have like 60 percent of the wealth, though?
Can Culture be accurately measured economically?
Culture in the broadest sense of the word encompass economics, but no, economics alone can't fully measure or explain all aspects of culture. But since so much of one's life is directly and indirectly affected by (and/or devoted to) economic activity, it's a very important component to take into account when talking about culture, I would think. I get the writer's general point, though, and I think the apparent shift that's been taking place in the U.S. is great--I just hope that it will be reflected as strongly in the distribution of wealth as time goes on.
Although the article only briefly touched on politics, I think it was an interesting analysis of how mainstream white culture is being eclipsed. It was discussed in the pbs Lee Atwater documentary how much of the republican position over the last couple decades has been coded racial attacks on Democrats wanting to give your money to "them". The fact that, after a lot of success with that strategy, it failed so miserably this time seems like a real step forward, especially considering Obama's race. I do think stuff like 'blue collar comedy' is a direct response to the changing cultural demographics this article discusses, and I think these feelings of powerlessness are very prevalent in many places...
Also, I don't know why people need to attack an article discussing changes in mainstream culture by pointing out how mainstream the cultural references are.
Also, I don't know why people need to attack an article discussing changes in mainstream culture by pointing out how mainstream the cultural references are.
Maybe because his mainstream references are completely stupid?
Also, I don't know why people need to attack an article discussing changes in mainstream culture by pointing out how mainstream the cultural references are.
Maybe because his mainstream references are completely stupid?
Also, I don't know why people need to attack an article discussing changes in mainstream culture by pointing out how mainstream the cultural references are.
Maybe because his mainstream references are completely stupid?
Oh wait, you are.
Of course I am!
According to the writer, being white today boils down to either rejecting one's non-culture -- the choice of the middle-class liberals, evidently -- or immersing one's self in WASP culture or working-class culture.
According to the writer, being white today boils down to either rejecting one's non-culture -- the choice of the middle-class liberals, evidently -- or immersing one's self in WASP culture or working-class culture.
Also, I don't know why people need to attack an article discussing changes in mainstream culture by pointing out how mainstream the cultural references are.
Maybe because his mainstream references are completely stupid?
But hip-hop???s deepest impact is symbolic. During popular music???s rise in the 20th century, white artists and producers consistently ???mainstreamed??? African American innovations. Hip-hop???s ascension has been different. Eminem notwithstanding, hip-hop never suffered through anything like an Elvis Presley moment, in which a white artist made a musical form safe for white America. This is no dig at Elvis???the constrictive racial logic of the 1950s demanded the erasure of rock and roll???s black roots, and if it hadn???t been him, it would have been someone else. But hip-hop???the sound of the post- civil-rights, post-soul generation???found a global audience on its own terms.
Who other than P-Diddy/Bling Era whould have been a better reference for describing Hip Hop's globalization?
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I can't offer much resembling an objective opinion since the author is one of my closest friends. What I can say is that the hate mail he's gotten has been I>hilarious[/i]. White Supremacists are massively asshurt.
YES! now it's our turn to 'fight the power'
I thought that was the wittiest thing about this mildly terdish piece.
I especially enjoyed Puff referring to himself as a "Great Gatsby." What a dumbass.
Can Culture be accurately measured economically?
Ask a South African.
Please. It uses NASCAR statistics, the Blue-Collar Comedy Tour, and characters from a book as evidence of white anxiety.
I could care less about the diminishing hegemony of white people.
Also, I don't know why people need to attack an article discussing changes in mainstream culture by pointing out how mainstream the cultural references are.
A sandwich with bread made by Bimbo
Maybe because his mainstream references are completely stupid?
Oh wait, you are.
Of course I am!
According to the writer, being white today boils down to either rejecting one's non-culture -- the choice of the middle-class liberals, evidently -- or immersing one's self in WASP culture or working-class culture.
But hip-hop???s deepest impact is symbolic. During popular music???s rise in the 20th century, white artists and producers consistently ???mainstreamed??? African American innovations. Hip-hop???s ascension has been different. Eminem notwithstanding, hip-hop never suffered through anything like an Elvis Presley moment, in which a white artist made a musical form safe for white America. This is no dig at Elvis???the constrictive racial logic of the 1950s demanded the erasure of rock and roll???s black roots, and if it hadn???t been him, it would have been someone else. But hip-hop???the sound of the post- civil-rights, post-soul generation???found a global audience on its own terms.
Who other than P-Diddy/Bling Era whould have been a better reference for describing Hip Hop's globalization?
Snoop and Dre had more influence on people my age (26) if we're talking about bringing hip-hop to white Americans. Were they mentioned in the piece?