discodown Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 I was looking at another thread earlier and the MOBO awards were mentioned. For those of you that don't know the MOBO's are the Music Of Black Origin Awards Now I'm no musicologist but aside from classical music isn't that pretty much everything else? I'm hard pressed to think of a single genre that doesn't stem from a black origin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien52 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 English folk music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 In less time than it took me to type.......folk music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earthly Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 It was me that mentioned it earlier in a thread about Alton Towers. Go figure. The MOBO's are well meaning but I think it perpetuates the psychological separation of people, remind us that there are black people, white people and Asian people etc etc, instead of just people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairyworld14 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Classical music isn't as far as I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosser Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Scraping the barrel tonight aint we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaf andy Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 The MOBO's are well meaning but I think it perpetuates the psychological separation of people, remind us that there are black people, white people and Asian people etc etc, instead of just people. +1 decades of campaigning for equality and then the mobos set them apart as different. don't celebrate being black, celebrate being human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 I would imagine most Indian, Chinese, Japanese music is unlikely to be influenced by black music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 good call. traditional folk that predates the blues wouldn't be of black origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 It was me that mentioned it earlier in a thread about Alton Towers. Go figure. The MOBO's are well meaning but I think it perpetuates the psychological separation of people, remind us that there are black people, white people and Asian people etc etc, instead of just people. White people do win MOBO awards, so the awards don't exclude people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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