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AndyPacheco-Fores

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  1. I do sympathize a little with her getting mad at Q-Tip on a certain level. His Twitter lecture was pretty basic shit that you would probably find in the Wikipedia entry for hip-hop so it came across as extremely patronizing. It reminded me of like, a comic book nerd assuming that a girl doesn't know who Stan Lee is even though she writes for Marvel.

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    That said, fuck Iggy Azalea and her vocal blackface act.

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  2. It might be time for actual definition of racism.

    noun

    • the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.
    • prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

    The caller today is talking about an issue of appropriation. Now in a continually evolving and accepting and blending society that gets- intersting. I personally think white dreads look horrendous on average but who am I to say. Should I say the 'preppy' black kid is frontin b/c he's wearing penny loafers? I find it often to be the case that that the 'whitest' or let's be even clearer anyone in a socio-economic bracket that allows them some privilege make the most ignorant statements about race and are commonly made by 'well meaning' individuals labeling any issue of culture or anything to do with race in issue as racist.

    OH SHIT, THIS GUY DROPPED THE DICTIONARY ON OUR ASSES WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO

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  3. As writer of probably the longest and most controversial Case Closed post (and it was only ~1000 words, so the same length as an average newspaper article), I'm asking please, please, please keep doing Case Closed. It's unique, risky, and compelling. It elevates the podcast from just great, hilarious entertainment to meaningful, challenging art. I mean the Gun Control episode is maybe the most "important" work of comedy or podcasting that I've ever heard. Without stuff like Case Closed (and the music episodes too), Improv4Humans would just be a very good comedy podcast among many other similar comedy podcasts.

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    Case Closed, to me at least, is about confronting important things that matter to us and being honest and vocal about it. We sometimes strongly disagree with the opinions you express in the segment and you get blowback in the forums, but I think that's a good sign, not a bad one. When there's a big reaction in the forums, that means we're passionate about the topic and we're engaged in the podcast, you've connected with us the audience in a powerful way and created a community of people who want to connect and share their thoughts/feelings/opinions/experiences with each other, and you. So when we keep the argument going in the comments and you get mad and tell us to not listen to the Case Closed segments if we're going to get riled up, I feel like you're misunderstanding its appeal. It's good because it riles us up, riles everyone up--you, the caller, and the listeners, all of us. That's what's so cool and different about it.

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    Most importantly though, it consistently leads to great scenes. Please keep Case Closed.

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  4. The most famous Blues artists are not white.

    John Lee Hooker- B.B. King

    Jazz- ehh maybe but who's more famous than Miles Davis or John Coltrane.

    I do agree that Dave Brubaker, and Kenny G crap is pretty popular for white folks.

    Usher was first and he's been on the scene for a long time- TImberlake 'took over' bc maybe people were a little tired of a decade of Usher. That being said he still sells a ton of albums and does pretty well for himself in the entertainment industry.

    And now TImberlake has been around for awhile and people are moving on to something else.

    Not racist it's a consumer timeline.

    You're missing the point--the pattern goes like this:

    1. Black artists create a powerful, exciting new genre.

    2. White artists start doing it and become much more successful (financially, not necessarily artistically) than the black artists ever were.

    3. White people co-opt the genre entirely, pushing black artists out, and water it down until it's terrible.

    4. Return to step 1.

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    Get it now?

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