tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post8788258058126180774..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Mascot Song/Chief DishonorRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-73724169835389741662011-03-24T22:18:02.454-07:002011-03-24T22:18:02.454-07:00thanks dmarks
I must confess I don't know much...thanks dmarks<br />I must confess I don't know much about Duke Ellington or Georgia O'Keefe. Clearly my American arts education is lacking!Jainehttp://www.alivenotdead.com/jainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-24142573396078300032011-03-24T18:00:01.450-07:002011-03-24T18:00:01.450-07:00Burt: I get it now. Populist usually refers to pol...Burt: I get it now. Populist usually refers to politics, but given the split there, I made the assumption you were going in the direction of a version of describe popular culture. My bad....<br /><br />Jaine: The same is true of Ellington: Early in his career, "The band thrived, performing for both African-American and white audiences, a rarity during the racially divided times."<br /><br />Later he was part of the Harlem Renaissance. The old African American jazz greats had huge white followings.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-2169561622303665672011-03-24T00:21:52.385-07:002011-03-24T00:21:52.385-07:00I'm pretty sure that The Beatles weren't i...I'm pretty sure that The Beatles weren't in the dark for too many years before they were appreciated.Jainehttp://www.alivenotdead.com/jainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-32022295745106858642011-03-23T22:48:33.388-07:002011-03-23T22:48:33.388-07:00"I was only criticizing your apparent contemp..."I was only criticizing your apparent contempt of the "populist bastard culture", which has given us Duke Ellington, the Beatles, Georgia O'Keefe", says Dmarks.<br /><br />I am referrring to "populist" politics, not the arts soley, but you must admit, each of the artists you lists were not immediately accepted by the "populist" cultures of their time either until much later.Burtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-73270220315454543542011-03-21T05:44:07.593-07:002011-03-21T05:44:07.593-07:00Burt: Rob already covered the article: click here ...Burt: Rob already covered the article: <a href="http://newspaperrock.bluecorncomics.com/2011/03/powwow-participants-compared-to.html" rel="nofollow">click here</a> I thought it was ghastly from the word go, starting with the headline.<br /><br />"...Also, if ancient cultures are inferior..."<br /><br />Where did I argue that? That's not my argument.<br /><br />No, I was only criticizing your apparent contempt of the "populist bastard culture", which has given us Duke Ellington, the Beatles, Georgia O'Keefe. Even it has something worthwhile, and saying so does not denigrate indigenous cultures.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-75054892477202560632011-03-20T19:28:01.456-07:002011-03-20T19:28:01.456-07:00This past weekend Dmarks, there was a pow-wow at C...This past weekend Dmarks, there was a pow-wow at California State U.-Long Beach. The Union Weekly Editor, a Noah Kelley, wrote the most racist and blatantly hateful article about Indians I HAVE EVER READ!<br /><br />The article titled “Pow Wow Wow Yippee Yo Yippy Yay” was a horrible choice for a headline as well as being very disrespectful in content towards Native Americans.<br /><br />I hope Rob and you can access this article that uses words like "shittiest" and "what the fuck is a frybread?".<br /><br />How much more ignorance is acceptable after 200 years of natives speaking english, learning white culture, experiencing murder and suicide, and adopting white religions while non-natives can have the right and privilege to remain complete idiots and hatemongors protected by law and a complacent, lazy (yawn) white community?<br /><br />Tell me to rise above this continued tradition of ignorance Dmarks and be as passive and sheepish as you versus implied arrogance<br /><br />Also, if ancient cultures are inferior, why does science, medicine, military strategist and other non-native wannabes have such a fascination and need to return to those ways of living?Burtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-5916884826748807482011-03-20T09:05:10.539-07:002011-03-20T09:05:10.539-07:00Good points, except for the implied arrogance of c...Good points, except for the implied arrogance of cultural superiority toward the end.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-26145990590229423732011-03-20T04:14:19.244-07:002011-03-20T04:14:19.244-07:00The mascot issue is a simple issue of human dignit...The mascot issue is a simple issue of human dignity. <br /><br />Natives that take pride in having their heritage honored or aired by another using mockery and ridicule are only extending the victimization of racism displayed in institutions such as schools, courts and policy makers that do not display public racism towards Jews, African Americans and other groups.<br /><br /><br />There is no honor in the dishonorable. <br /><br />If you feel that non-natives are whats left in honoring your culture, then you are lost and have accepted becoming a part of the populist bastard culture in exchange of an ancient one.Burtnoreply@blogger.com