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It is not what "poeple associate with black kids", it is what it was and what it is, most black kids are not middle class. The black community first and foremos
by golemiprague 5y ago
It is not what "poeple associate with black kids", it is what it was and what it is, most black kids are not middle class. The black community first and foremost were the one to adopt hiphop as their "voice".
In general, all types of electronic music thrived in Europe rather than in the US, house, techno, trans, even dub/regeae/jungle etc. not necessarly just the black middle class music.
- wolverine876 5y ago> It is not what "poeple associate with black kids", it is what it was and what it is, most black kids are not middle class. What is that based on? What data or experience do you have? It looks to me like your argument is that racial stereotypes are a given truth - a sadly ignorant, uncritical point of view. Most kids are not middle-class, but the African-American middle class has exploded in size. And middle-class or not, that doesn't make black kids into stereotypes of hip-hop music. I've known and know many (of all classes); they are just people, neighbors, friends, kids. It's bizarre to see people - always people mostly isolated from experience - talking about them like they are anything else. And where on HN and in most of our lives are African-Americans to speak for themselves, with their own voices, rather than other people talking about them? If any are here and read the parent, would they stick around?