From r. kidwell Sent Fri, Jul 16th 1999, 22:25
> i understood that much from the beginning. i'm just wondering why he > decided to narrow the blame on "suburbanites". you think pop culture is > the product of and for the suburbs? this division does not exist in pop > culture. pop culture is all-emcompassing. in hiphop the division you're > referring to is: ghetto ("keepin' it real") and non-ghetto ("watered > down for mass consumption"). pop culture, of course, reigns well beyond the suburbs. but, i don't think that it's questionable that the major influencers of pop culture -- big business and to an extent, the govenment -- are controlled almost exclusively by white people with lots of money. who tend to dwell in the suburbs. i don't think multsanta or i are trying to say that EVERYONE who lives in the suburbs is guilty of some ethical crime, rather it's just a convenient label, and i shall retract it and replace it with "fatcats" or "cracker bourgeoisie" if you'd like. ,rj../ ___,">www.gl.umbc.edu/~nworth1