....That mess about black people having the sexiest, most romantic music that always put people into an affectionate mood. The media adamantly keeps trying to tell us that this R&B music is, like, smooth and rich and soulful and stuff. Like that Barry White or whatever? Ugghhh, cringe. Excuse me for not being ((([whipped into] built up into))) a mad frenzy of desire___. It's just not my preference.
However, remember how I always say that I don't believe absolute equality exists? And that I don't believe in gushing endlessly about something that is plainly a falsehood? And that this [[[simultaneously, equivalently]]] means I do believe in recognizing people for their natural strengths and talents?
I will readily admit that black people have the absolute best vocal ranges. I am putting my personal biases aside. Black recording artists, for the most part, wipe the floor with everyone else that struggles and scrunches to achieve a percentage of the objective talent that blacks possess. Raw natural musical talent. Potential. That is something that cannot be learned. That is something that cannot be trained. A pupil has to already possess it, and it can then be harnessed and molded into something great. I am not allowing my personal tastes to affect something that is empirically, objectively a whole truth.
In full admission (come on, you know you were waiting for it), I do not necessarily think this is a [[[reliable, flawless]]] indicator of positive social change yet to come. Musicians are only entertainers. This does not speak to civic leadership or improvements in education.
However, remember how I always say that I don't believe absolute equality exists? And that I don't believe in gushing endlessly about something that is plainly a falsehood? And that this [[[simultaneously, equivalently]]] means I do believe in recognizing people for their natural strengths and talents?
I will readily admit that black people have the absolute best vocal ranges. I am putting my personal biases aside. Black recording artists, for the most part, wipe the floor with everyone else that struggles and scrunches to achieve a percentage of the objective talent that blacks possess. Raw natural musical talent. Potential. That is something that cannot be learned. That is something that cannot be trained. A pupil has to already possess it, and it can then be harnessed and molded into something great. I am not allowing my personal tastes to affect something that is empirically, objectively a whole truth.
In full admission (come on, you know you were waiting for it), I do not necessarily think this is a [[[reliable, flawless]]] indicator of positive social change yet to come. Musicians are only entertainers. This does not speak to civic leadership or improvements in education.
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