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Yimhotep
>It has been seen over >the time as truly a >black art form,
Again how is this diff. from any of the others that u've described? ppl recognize the ones u described as such (a black art form) now. i would guess it's the global influence that's the differentiating factor. that kids in Japan are dressing and wearing their hair to emulate blacks in hip hop despite the fact that they don't even speak the language, i think speaks volumes. i'm guessing that this wasn't the case w/ the other art forms. that is not to say that there are no japanese ppl doing the others, but i don't know that they were wearing zoot suits during the time that they were popular w/ blacks, u know what i mean?
>whereas in >the past music such as >jazz, rock, blues, dixie and >the like had been stolen >by greedy whites, and made >into their own thing, claiming >they were the inventors of >such a thing. Not >to mention, in these days >blacks were still not even >seen as being real humans.
and i'm not sure about blacks not being seen as humans during the times of jazz, blues and dixie.
and if blacks aren't the ones controlling the making and distribution of hip hop music whereas they were in the beginning, hasn't it already been stolen by as u say, "greedy whites?" and remember hip hop, tho' 20, is still fairly young so let's wait and c how it turns out, yeah? as far as ppl claiming it and all. i have to get to this tho', remind me.
>My parents (mainly mom) has engouraged >me to go ahead with >my graf, poetry, and bboying >as something to do for >my life.
oh to be white!
u said something about using the word "if" meaning i'm not sure so that makes the question irrelevant. that's no tquite right, that would mean any time a person uses the word if b4 a question, the question is irrelevant.
also, u said something about why i ask u this. it isn't directed towards u specifically, just anyone who subscribes to the idea of "hip hop breaking down bariers" but u have been engaging in this discusion w/me so it would b natural that i would direct the question towards u. Shemhotep ************ "Be not arrogant because of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the wise. For the limits of knowledge in any field have never been set and no one has ever reached them. Wisdom is rarer than emeralds, and yet it is found among the women who gather at the grindstones." -The Book of Ptahhotep(excerpt)
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