On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Cyclone Wehner wrote: > I'm not an expert but.... it is fairly conservative but in a good way. Some > say NAACP lost its relevance to younger people as hip-hop blew up. It was > also seen as more middle-class at a time when class is conceivably dividing > African-Americans.
it's been conservative for a longggggg time. kicked out dubois back in the thirties for advocating that black people should form economic cooperatives. got rid of a president in north carolina (robert williams) who had the "audacity" to arm naacp'ers against terrorists. > By 'image' they mean inspirational to the community - especially the > African-American community. It would have to be done by building up the > profile of musicians in the Black media, like Vibe for a start, and really > explaining their contribution as wider America does not understand. yep. to a certain extent i can understand why one would think that may and atkins should be getting props from something like the naacp. even though i have problems with the ideology of the organization i was happy they gave aaron macgruder (creator of THE BOONDOCKS) an award. but if i saw them give an award to someone for electronic music...i think i'd check to make sure my heart was on the right side. because otherwise i'd be pretty sure i was in Earth 2 rather than Earth Prime. peace lks > ---------- > >From: Phonopsia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: 313 <313@hyperreal.org> > >Subject: [313] NAACP Image Awards > >Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 11:26 AM > > > > > The TV just told me that the NAACP Image Awards are coming up. Seems timely > > and relevant. What kind of lobby does the electronic music underground have > > with the NAACP to recognize electronic music innovations? The awards > > presently look *very* mainstream, and there isn't any sort of category for > > electronic music. Perhaps the title "Image Awards" says it all, I dunno... > > It's on tonight on FOX. > > > > Here's a list of this year's nominees: > > http://www.naacpimageawards.org/nominees.html > > > > Tristan > > ---------- > > http://www.mp313.com <- Music > > http://www.metrotechno.net <- DC techno + more > > http://www.metatrackstudios.com <- DC DJ/Production studios > > http://phonopsia.tripod.com <- Hub > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <- email > > <FrogboyMCI> <- AOL Instant Messenger > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
