So, I was sitting on the porch listening to some very early Elvis on Serius radio. The music was truly incredible, from the quality of the music, to Elvis' vocals, to Scotty Moore's fantastic guitar work (listen to, Too Much for starters). After one song, the announcer came on and said: "More from the King of Rock and Roll in a minute." The guy I was sitting with then remarked, "King of Rock and Roll, I don't know about that." Assuming that he was going to give the tired P.C. follow-up about Chuck Berry being the true "King," I said, Berry's music never evolved, it was the same sound his whole career. This person then responded by saying: "Oh no, I was thinking of......." he then gave the name of a black musician I had never heard of. He went on to say that Elvis had ripped off the sound of black singers. To that I replied, so because a poor white boy who was born and raised in Tupelo, Mississippi, listened to a wide variety of music on his radio and loved the Gospel music that came out of the local black Pentecostal Churches, he was guilty of some form of cultural or musical appropriation? At this point I should have mentioned that one artist Elvis loved and tried to emulate was, of all people, Dean Martin. In fact, it was Elvis who dubbed Dean "The King of Cool." A nickname that stayed with him his whole career.
What am I trying to prove here? Win an argument that Elvis is the "King of Rock and Roll?" Hardly. What I am getting at is a familiar mindset that is being pushed on a daily basis throughout most part of our society, that we whites have taken from minorities and benefited greatly from it. It's a bullshit, hate whitey mindset at its core. Let's spell it out for what it is.
Have you ever heard, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"? Do you think blacks have ever been influenced by whites and imitated them? Sure they have.
On a related note, how come I hear very few complaints from whites about blacks portraying white people from the past in movies, TV, and on stage? Something that is very widespread these days. Could you imagine what would happen if this situation was reversed? Whites playing blacks? But, have a white celeb female put her hair in cornrows and there is a huge outcry of "cultural appropriation." There is something wrong with this but the Media loves, and is continuing to, fan the flames of racial discord.
Don't drink the Kool-Aid people, we are being played.
More to come on this subject.
