I'm having trouble thinking of the last 10 records I bought! Downloading might count but then all 10 would be BANGING GERMANS because of Saturday's electro spree.
My nuanced response to No 2 is - people should listen to whatever they feel, but if their taste skews heavily away from black people, or women, or whatever, they should maybe think about why this is the case beyond "I just don't like it", and maybe be aware of the social and cultural factors which have constructed their taste, and not dismiss certain 'aspects' of the music out of hand (eg people waving the entirety of hip hop away because it's all about guns'n'hos or whatevs). And if there is underlying snobbery or god forbid genuine racism underlying their tastes then I dunno, have the decency to admit it or something.
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Date: 2006-01-30 04:07 pm (UTC)My nuanced response to No 2 is - people should listen to whatever they feel, but if their taste skews heavily away from black people, or women, or whatever, they should maybe think about why this is the case beyond "I just don't like it", and maybe be aware of the social and cultural factors which have constructed their taste, and not dismiss certain 'aspects' of the music out of hand (eg people waving the entirety of hip hop away because it's all about guns'n'hos or whatevs). And if there is underlying snobbery or god forbid genuine racism underlying their tastes then I dunno, have the decency to admit it or something.