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Mackey borrows his title from Amiri Baraka, who aptly defines the history of white musicians profiting off of black music as turning “a verb into a noun.”
Cathy Park Hong • Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’
Jeremy Gordontheguardian.com
Elvis’s life before fame featured repeated experiences with humiliation, but he also experienced something else characteristic of the South and the United States in general: the wages of Whiteness. An effort to place Elvis more accurately in history doesn’t just require a recognition that he saw his indebtedness to Black musicians. It also means th
... See moreImani Perry • South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
We have a problem in this country with telling the truth about what’s really going on, especially when it comes to the history and the day-to-day realities faced by the black population. It’s always skewed or distorted or ignored. Sometimes I can’t tell which is worse. Would I rather they ignored the death of Michael Brown, or would I rather they s
... See moreBrad "Scarface" Jordan • Diary of a Madman: The Geto Boys, Life, Death, and the Roots of Southern Rap
