<BR>>another reason why things weren't written <BR>>down is because of the belief <BR>>in "orature" which is the practice <BR>>of "performing history", which includes music, <BR>>dance, and visual art, and audience <BR>>participation. <P>This has finally turned into a dope conversation. The idea of Performing History is amazing. Now, since hisoty is basically the root of "culture", is culture something that is performed as well? And if so, what is the performance of culture based on? Can people of a given culture take part in other cultural performances? Does that weaken or strengthen the original performance? Is the phenomenon of the white rapper a phenomenon of a kind of blackface performance? How 'bout when they use the word "n*gga"? What kind of culture is being performed when words like "n*gga/er" jump from cultural group to cultural group? Does the performance of "Hip-Hop culture" transcend ethnic culture? <P><BR>love and respect,<BR>El Rey<P>"I prefer to speak of the impossible, because we already know too much about what is possible" Silvio Rodriguez<P>"If our profanity offends you, look around you and see how destructively society is profaning itself. It is the rape of the land, the pollution of the environment, the betrayal and suffering of the masses by corrupt government that is the real obscenity." - MOVE statement<P>FREE MUMIA!<BR>www.mumia.org<P>FREE THE MOVE 9!<P>FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!<P>FREE YOUR SELF!<BR>www.freeyourself.com<P>"Get free y'all, get free!" - Digable Planets<P>"Get Free" - The Artist<P>