Re: Centering black voices in Techno

2020-06-25 Thread Reuben Wheeler
Yo I am into this thread, I was excited to find out about this forthcoming text from DeForrest Brown, Jr. just today: https://primaryinformation.org/product/assembling-a-black-counter-culture/ If you feel like reading something now here is a deep cut on the impact of COVID-19 on the music

Re: Centering black voices in Techno

2020-06-25 Thread David A. Powers
Okay, I was going to keep my mouth shout, but if the list is going to tackle this topic, then I really think it's time to get real and move past BS symbolic politics to look at the real systemic reasons why racist outcomes persist in the United States. In the United States, we have just undergone

Centering black voices in Techno

2020-06-25 Thread kent williams
In that vein, here is an essay written by Ashleigh Lauryn, a Detroit DJ. It has to do with the controversy about N*na Kr*viz posting pictures of herself with cornrows, and Kr*viz tone-deaf reaction to criticism. But more than that it is a beautifully written essay.