Actually- from issues 25-90, Urb featured minority artist (mostly black) on 33 out of 65 covers. That's over 50%
you can see them at www.urb.com /click: back issues ironically, according the the US census burea, 75% of the population is white. and richie's only been on the cover once. On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, neon tse tse wrote: > > > how do *you* know the reason why he is popular is because he's white? > > > > No, he?s not popular, because of that - > > Mr Hawtin deserves some respect for his work, for sure > > But others do deserve the same respect - > > so we should take care that no one is KING of .... > > the tendency to lift Richie so high are in danger to create a king > > and if there?s a 5 to 6 difference on that page - that?s strange > > Why I think this way ? > > As I also work in the music-world I used to meet quite a few journalists > > ad musicians warning me in general like: "black people are difficult" - > > some were warning me that for example 4 hero are difficult, > > some people were saying theo parrish is difficult - > > meeting them in person resulted in some of the best talks > > I ever did have - learnt much, chatted much, laughed much, - > > But if this phenomenan "watch out - difficult" is also around in the US > > and I think it is, it does have a effect how black intelectual techno > > artists get placed the media - > > and this is just a little example of the media-game - > > Let?s say there?s this URB-magazine or so, maybe they sell better with > > a black artist on the cover, maybe with a white artist, maybe better > > with male or a female artist ? > > but if it does make a difference to their business, what do you think > > they will do ? -yes, they will take care that the better selling race/gender > > is selected - all those aspects (many many more) work on the popularity > > of artists - > > this is why *we* prefer to focus this > > because there is so much of this stuff working undercover > > I won?t deny that focusing can also bring problems - > > but this is the next level - we ain?t there by now > > out > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
