> While money may be the easiest problem to > shake your fist at, the marketing forces > that determine the economics are guided by > history - a history of bigotry and conservativism > that refuses to acredit African-Amercians with > anything outside of popular stereotypes.
Don't forget hillbillies! Obviously race made a huge difference in blacks not getting airplay, but class and regional identification pushed country music out of the mainstream for a long time too. Does this prove that (music industry) money sees no color? Not necessarily, there were plenty of bigots in the music business (as in society), but as an industry-wide force it may have been a more pragmatic form of bigotry... John NP: In the Beginning There Was Rhythm --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
