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>How are Blacks, communists and poets “counter cultures”? You don't understand American culture at all if you can even ask this question sincerely.
by krapp 3y ago
>How are Blacks, communists and poets “counter cultures”?
You don't understand American culture at all if you can even ask this question sincerely.
- underlipton 3y agoIt truly does seem like it would be an easy thing to ascertain just from knowing about the existence of the Black National Anthem, the Communist Manifesto, and Howl. Then again, it's also characteristic of mainstream American culture to try to discourage people from acknowledging them.
- ericfr11 3y agoAmerican culture is, indeed, a mix of culture. It exists only thanks to external influences. Black culture is at the heart of American culture (jazz, soul, and more music), great athletes in the best team...
- throwaway8877 3y agoAnd it's good. The point was that part of it was clearly a counter culture in opposition of white dominated main culture. This is completely something that a state level adversary may attempt to infiltrate given an opportunity. And they tried and keep trying. A little recent refresher https://www.npr.org/2017/10/30/560042987/russians-targeted-u-s-racial-divisions-long-before-2016-and-black-lives-matter https://www.npr.org/2017/10/30/560042987/russians-targeted-u...
- busterarm 3y agoOr perhaps they were born in the last twenty or so years. In America, today, Black culture IS culture and communism isn't viewed critically for the murderously-bad idea that it is. Most of the immigrants that fled here from communism are either old, boring or dead. Kids today rarely have the benefit of speaking to older folks who fled Cuba, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, the USSR and others. Instead they're following influencers on Twitch and Youtube who have extremely privileged lives speaking from ignorance about communism with no pushback.
- hk__2 3y ago> You don't understand American culture at all if you can even ask this question sincerely. Some people on HN always assume that this is a website a US-only audience. No, not all people understand American culture and that’s normal because it’s not universal. I interpreted the comment as a general affirmation, not something specific to a single country. I’m downvoted and almost insulted for asking a question.