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poptimistsSparked by a familiar controversy rearing its head on The Lex's LJ, I thought maybe a poll would help us get further into this question. (Let's not go all ILM here, please.)
[Poll #663010]
The underlying question maybe:"Is it important for your consumption of music to reflect your social and political beliefs?" (another old ILM favourite). When the choice to be made is a negative one, a lot of people say "yes" - someone who hates homophobia may well boycott records by an act they see as homophobic. But my guess is people who believe in racial equality don't make 'positive' choices to support that in their music consumption (for instance). And why should they, if they don't like the music? But I think it's an interesting area.
[Poll #663010]
The underlying question maybe:"Is it important for your consumption of music to reflect your social and political beliefs?" (another old ILM favourite). When the choice to be made is a negative one, a lot of people say "yes" - someone who hates homophobia may well boycott records by an act they see as homophobic. But my guess is people who believe in racial equality don't make 'positive' choices to support that in their music consumption (for instance). And why should they, if they don't like the music? But I think it's an interesting area.
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Date: 2006-01-30 05:30 pm (UTC)Not really, it's more about reflecting my musical taste. Which includes black persons and white persons, doing the jazz, the blues, the pop and the rock. But not Yoko Ono and the screeching. And I'll enjoy Yo Yo Ma playing the 'cello, and the cuban music and the other Latin American music styles. And Ali Farka Toure playing the african geetar. So I think I've got most continents and pigments and genders covered.