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this is a discussion within the NFL Community Forum; Originally Posted by rezburna Gospel, Blues, Ragtime, Jazz, Rock N Roll, Soul, Funk, and R&B all have their origins within Afrikan-American culture...hell...even disco. Hip-Hop is influenced by all those things. All these art forms built on each other over time. ...
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09-25-2017, 08:18 PM | #61 |
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Re: The NFL Is a Product I Refuse to Purchase Any Longer
Originally Posted by rezburna
You're aware that those black artists who were picked from the cotton fields by white record execs didn't own those songs either, right? They were handed down generation to generation, and by the time Muddy Waters got to the studio he didn't know who penned them either. That's why Jimmy Page et al were able to assign themselves writer credits. 100% Muddy Waters got screwed, but it wasn't a 'white man' conspiracy by any stretch of anyone's imagination - even yours.
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09-25-2017, 08:19 PM | #62 |
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Re: The NFL Is a Product I Refuse to Purchase Any Longer
Originally Posted by rezburna
The theft of artistic material has been going on since Shakespeare. Not a new thing. Here though, 70 years after the author's death is the law, free to pilfer. Music composed in 1947 if the artist died that year for example is free game. You can take, borrow, steal, do whatever with it.
At least here we have copyright laws, but it is relatively new, 1976. It took some time to create this situation. We are still a young country. In most countries there is no protection. Just something to think about how bad things are here in regards to artists. Go find a better situation for them if you think it is so awful. |
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Re: The NFL Is a Product I Refuse to Purchase Any Longer
Originally Posted by saintfan
You're aware that if it started in the cotton fields and was passed down from generation to generation that's the basis of establishing culture correct?
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09-25-2017, 08:21 PM | #64 |
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Re: The NFL Is a Product I Refuse to Purchase Any Longer
Originally Posted by rezburna
To what end? What culture was established?
I'm aware it didn't start in Africa, which is your position. Care to revisit? |
09-25-2017, 08:25 PM | #65 |
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Re: The NFL Is a Product I Refuse to Purchase Any Longer
Originally Posted by burningmetal
White people invented the patent office. There's countless things invented by Black people that aren't accredited to them. That's ripping off creations. That's stealing culture. If you create something and I reap the financial benefit and get the recognition then that's a problem. You're making false equivalencies. Fallacies. |
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09-25-2017, 08:30 PM | #67 |
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Re: The NFL Is a Product I Refuse to Purchase Any Longer
I have no issue with the kneeling but it should have a defined purpose. I personally want violence in inner cities dealt with. This situation in Chicago is sickening to me. All these people being murdered for what? And no cops involved. How do we stop it? Kneeling is not going to stop it.
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09-25-2017, 08:31 PM | #68 |
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Re: The NFL Is a Product I Refuse to Purchase Any Longer
The "President" called these players mother's b*tches. I'm surprised they were as dignified in their protest as they were.
This "president" is the great divider. It is shameful. |
09-25-2017, 08:33 PM | #69 |
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Re: The NFL Is a Product I Refuse to Purchase Any Longer
Originally Posted by rezburna
Indeed you did. Were you also not insinuating they were, at least at one time, uniquely African-American?
Because they were black and most certainly trace themselves back to Africa doesn't stand. Nobody in Africa was singing the blues. This is your bias that you don't see. You see black. I see American. You can't seem to find the demarcation point. My heritage is French. I don't know a damn thing about wine. See what I mean? You're working too hard at it man and it shows really badly which is why, well, I know you know why. Can you elaborate, just a little, on the white man's contribution to the blues? What about Charlie Pride? Uh oh... Sorry, that was weak but a funny way to make the point you're missing. |
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09-25-2017, 08:35 PM | #70 |
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Re: The NFL Is a Product I Refuse to Purchase Any Longer
They called themselves *******. Kirpatrick's mother said it herself. He won the election. He brought the divided together. Defeated all the candidates. Somewhat flawed reasoning on your part but that is because the media tells you people are split. They are not. NFL ratings are dropping and will continue to do so. It's going to be the worst year on record for ratings for them.
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