>The most active okayplayers seem to
>be black to me, but
>because of the demographics of
>the okayartists' customers (mostly white,
>like all hip-hop artists) and
>racially unequal access to the
>net, id be pretty amazed
>if the majority of "okayplayers"
>overall, meaning people who visit
>and post to the site,
>werent white.
True, true, but I think non-black okplayers (that post) might feel their opinion will be given less credibility becasue hip hop is/was basically a black culture? Does that actually happen? Distinction to be made btwn those who post and those who lurk, as they affect OKP differently.
Side note? do you think, as stats seem to imply that teh majority of hip hop buyers are white, that most white hip hop fans are down to the OKplayer level, or just MTV fans? (wow that sentence was a mess). I don't even have a TV, so I don't know myself.

That's why utamaroho
>and Solarus often point out
>that discussions about African Nation-building
>on this site are not
>"in-house" or "keeping it in
>the family" and should often
>be undertaken in more exclusive
>settings.
Yup

>Also I'd say white okayplayers are
>more likely to attempt to
>obscure their race consciously and
>unconsciously.

I agree, see post #2 I think.

>I think that these racial signifiers
>are not always as obvious
>as one might think over
>the net. White people in
>hip-hop are getting people sophisticated
>in their cultural appropriation. By
>the way, guess my race
>(for those that don't know
>already). Let's test the skills
>and provide a "case study."
>What about my statement here
>clues you into my race?

Damn, If I had to guess, I'd say black, based on the point about blacks having less access to technology, as well as the reference to Black Nationalism. I really don't know tho,

Peace,
-B



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