Posted on 12/06/2013 12:15:14 PM PST by matt04
The head of the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is awaiting reply from Hampshire College to his letter deploring the college’s decision to cancel a performance by an Afrobeat band because some deemed the band “too white” to play African music.
Shokazoba, an Afrobeat ensemble that blends jazz, funk and African rhythms, was scheduled to play on Halloween at Hampshire. However, the band was canceled after some students voiced concerns that the band, which has a black singer but is predominantly white, was appropriating black music.
The college’s Hype Committee broke the news on its Facebook, saying: “… we held community dialogue to hear what individuals had to say. As a result of the dialogue, and discomfort expressed by members of the community in person as well as by email, Facebook, and other means, we have removed Shokazoba from the lineup for Hampshire Halloween."
The college paid Shokazoba, but the fall-out from the cancellation put Hampshire under a cloud that rained charges of political correctness and racism on the school.
On Nov. 15, ACLU lawyer William Newman sent a letter to Hampshire President Jonathan Lash questioning the claim of cultural appropriation and saying he is “deeply disturbed” by the cancellation. Noting that Hampshire adheres to the rules and principles of the American Association of University Professors, Newman wrote, “the college’s censorship of the band stands in direct conflicts with the mandates of the AAUP.”
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Hahahahaha. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of people.
For those who don’t know, Hampshire is an “experimental” college that makes Moscow look positively right-wing conservative.
Shokazoba, an Afrobeat ensemble that blends jazz, funk and African rhythms, was scheduled to play on Halloween at Hampshire. However, the band was canceled after some students voiced concerns that the band, which has a black singer but is predominantly white, was appropriating black music.
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What’s next? Banning Eminem?
(Not that that is a bad idea)
Look. For some unknown reason “black music” is very popular in the young white stupid people (AKA whiggers) culture. If fact, if it weren’t for whiggers, hipppity hop and (c)rap music would be almost non-existant.
Is Hampshire a private school? If so, it is none of the ACLU’s business what they do.
Exactly.
I hope we don’t ever see a black musician performing Strauss. /s
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wow
Since when did we start allowing the children to dictate things?
In the Seventies, I played in a big Soul Review band, Hot Potato and The Abdomen. 1/3 white, 1/3 black, 1/3 hispanic. No one ever complained! It was all about the music. Everyone had fun! People are so lame today!
Best way to describe Hampshire college I’ve ever heard.
About 1965.
Liebert and Stoller could not be reached for comment.
The publication of "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" by Dr. Benjamin Spock?
The irony is that musicians are more than happy to cross culture, and bear little or no resentment to other musicians that do the same.
I know of one all-black African drum band that were pretty well booked solid, but were more than happy to compose and perform music for an episode of The X-Files; and they were thrilled to get the contract to produce a single sound effect for the movie Starship Troopers. To do so they had to purchase the rights to a single episode of the Japanese giant robot cartoon series Gigantor.
Race? Doesn’t matter when you’re talking music and money.
Where do you think Rock N’ Roll came from ?
So you were just a trio........
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