Wow Denise you must really be fun at parties. What the hell are you talking about?
That was an amazing video tribute to Drexciya and the “oppressive white woman” was blowing them the whole time with mad props!? Maybe you’re forgetting a few things: - RA (or no one at all for that matter) are OBLIGATED to do anything in a certain way. Their money, their resources, their business. As long as it was done with integrity and factual etc then there shouldn’t be a problem with it. - Apparenly they felt that the woman had the voice they wanted to lead the video. Umm, let’s see...maybe because the fucking AUDIENCE they target look and sound like her?? And again, it’s their dime not yours or mine. - Instead of being pumped that a documentary like this was released and hopefully generated some more awareness for very well-deserved artists you have to come in with your miserable take and try to shit on it. - You’re the only racist here by saying that a white person can’t make something about black people, especially when it’s geared towards MORE white people (their audience). - For fucks sake, this was a totally positive project and you’re trying to make them out to be slave owners. Are you jelly that you didn’t make it?? The only thing that sucks is if they used my man Andrew’s interview without asking him, but that’s far from any sort of racial bias or angle. That’s like someone starving being given food then complaining it isn’t filet mignon. Pathetic. On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 7:06 AM Denise Dalphond <denisedalph...@gmail.com> wrote: > I love Drexciya. And it's really cool to be able to hear from James > Stinson still in 2018, thanks to Andrew Duke. And it's pretty amazing that > Andrew Duke did that interview. It's a priceless artifact. I could go on! > > Resident Advisor didn't credit Andrew Duke when they first posted the > video, and why is there a white woman's british voice narrating? It's off > putting. They're using the voice of the colonizer to tell the story of > brilliant, musical escape from enslavement and forced labor. Escape from > the colonizer. > > Oh here goes Denise, making everything about race. But this actually all > the way super duper is all about race and racism. > > And how much electronic music culture coverage is based in europe, the > birthplace of imperialism and colonialism? A lot. > > Music fans and writers should be more concerned about preserving and > protecting and respecting the culture that made this music. > > Why didn't they ask Cornelius Harris to narrate? Why didn't they ask John > Collins to narrate? That would be meaningful to artists and fans alike. > > > > Denise > > > > *Denise Dalphond, Ph.D.* > *ethnomusicologist* > *schoolcraftwax.work <http://schoolcraftwax.work>* > > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 9:47 AM Jeff Davis <j...@jeffreyjdavis.com> wrote: > >> Pretty sure most of you saw this already but I thought this short >> video did a good job encapsulating and contextualizing the concepts >> behind Drexciya. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgG-QiChiA8 >> >> includes a snippet from an Andrew Duke interview as well!! >> >> >> thanks, >> >> Jeffrey J Davis >> >> j...@jeffreyjdavis.com >> >> www.jeffreyjdavis.com >> >> 218.833.2847 >> >
