In a sense, this is similar to Polish Jokes or Italian Jokes. (Why
are there
so many Italians in the world? Because every time the sun goes down
another
"Daygo's by.")
Up until someone sued someone for "hurt feelings" and changed the
world into
fear of political correctness, these jokes were taken as jokes and
everyone
rolled with the punches. We had thicker skin.
The white guys can't play the blues stuff is a bit like this - for one
thing, blacks created their own music from their own culture - blues
and jazz.
It's OK to give them this much credit. White folk have a history of
jumping into
this band wagon without the deep attachment or paying the dues like
the
creators of the music.
The colorization is based on small truths - this could be accepted
for what
it is. However, there are always exceptions to the "rules". There
are white
guys that play excellent blues.
So, to generalize is wrong, but don't get insulted or outraged
about these
statements, unless you are going after $$ by hiring a lawyer over
hurt
feelings.
In a message dated 9/14/2008 6:40:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
billhines4@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Here we go again with the prejudice "white guys can't have the blues"
bullsh*t.
Let's not colorize any of this with this "whitebread" crap and all
that.
It's just wrong.
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