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From: rastaman@ihdev.UUCP (Rastaman)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.politics,net.music
Subject: Re: White greed, Rap and Reggae
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Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 13:53:50 EST
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> ps: For those in net.music, an amazing spirit of unity and optimism, tempered
>     by awareness of the awesome problems ahead, appears to be expressing
>     itself in forms as diverse as rap, juju and reggae.  The feeling is
>     surprisingly not one of anger, but of understanding, self-sufficiency,
>     pride and even compassion for the oppressors. For instance:
> 
>      Run D.M.C. - "Run D.M.C." (excerpts quoted in this article)
>      Mutabaruka - "Check It"
>      Africa Baambata and James Brown - "Unity"
>      Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
>      Burning Spear - "Marcus Garvey"

	I would argue that Mutabaruka is not a compassionate
	individual.  On "Check It" the song "Blacks in England"
	has a couple of lines that stick in mind:
	
	"We fire our guns and the blood does run..."
	"...light up the chalice.  I say 'im should 'ave burned
	down the palace."
	
	I'll keep future discussions confined to net.music.
	
	J. Johnson
	ihnp4!ihdev!rastaman