What I find so remarkable here is instead of facing the racism, it's explained
away, which is why riots as you call them occur! You keep backing a certain
group into a corner, noting the history of slavery and the spewing of
propaganda that says "all men are created equal", then you turn around and run
as fast as you can to get to your safe little havens AWAY from that, which you
won't acknowledge. It's hypocritical to say the least!
Sharon Boone
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I believe that BlueBishop wasn't trying to deny that the beaches of
Asbury were segregated. I believe his point, and I am 100% sure he will
confirm or deny, was that there was no official policy concerning the
use of Asbury Park's beaches. That the same racist attitudes still exist
in the hearts and minds of people of all races is still true. What
role racism plays in Asbury Park today is an interesting question and
topic for this group. What role racism is playing in the Police
Directors gig is what started this thread and is a most pertinent and
enduring question and a question that needs to be answered.
Vin Scelsa is still on the radio, he does a Saturday night show called
Idiots Delight from 8 to midnight and last night he had Daniel Wolf on.
Wolf is the author of "4th of July Asbury Park" A History of the
Promised Land. For those of you who don't know DJ Vin Scelsa. Vin was
amongst the original WNEW FM DJs that took FM radio in NYC and created a
short lived but much loved genre of radio called free form. Vin was the
on air DJ the horrible night that John Lennon was shot. The same night
Bruce and the E Streeters performed in Philadelphia and went on with the
show after they heard the news half way through the concert. Anyway, Vin
is a master interviewer, especially with authors, and his 4 hour
interview with Daniel Wolf is a great listen, especially for those who
are into Bruce. Wolf brought a recording of Dr Zoom and the Sonic Boom
doing a wild psychedelic version of Carol King's Will You Love Me
Tomorrow. They also discuss at length the role that racism played in
AP. If anyone wants to listen to the interview follow this link,
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/iddiot_tree/ and right click on the .zip
file. You will be able to download a zipped MP3 file that is the entire
show. If anyone needs assistance getting the
file, please email me off digest and I will assist you. It is really
very easy to download and listen.
A couple things I didn't know from last night. The riots in Asbury were
not a part of the nationwide riots that hit Newark and LA??? I always
thought they were the same, however, according to wolf, AP's riots were
2 years later. Wolf also spoke about fights that occurred after a
Frankie Lymon show at Convention Hall that spread to the boardwalk, very
interesting.
It is pretty amazing that a city with such a vast history as Asbury
Parks, a history that literally includes most of the most famous
performers, politicians and "scene makers" from most of the 20th
century, has become defined by Bruce Springsteen. I imagine that in 100
years, when they talk about AP, Bruce will still be what they talk
about. And that ain't a bad thing, after all, Bruce's early work
captures all that Asbury had to offer in the most amazing literate
terms, starting of course with Sandy, and sadly bookended by My City In
Ruins.
There are X number of structures in Asbury Park. Many of which have lied
in a dormant or rotting state for way to many years. Of those
structures, houses and apartments and commercial buildings, I wonder
what percentage of them have changed ownership and either have been
rehabilitated, or are being rehabilitated at this time. Even without the
waterfront redevelopment, the fact that Asbury is being reconstructed is
a hard fact to argue with. When all is said and done, what Asbury Park
will look and feel like might just amaze us.
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