Re: (idm) Trip Hop You Don't Stop

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.



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