Now Tiana.. doesn't that sound like some racist sh@# coming from your mouth?
You just gave an example of grade A ignorance....
So it sounds to me that you are saying that black people as a whole push drugs and guns, join gangs, and drop out of school...I love the way you use blanket statements to describe a whole race.
You are a racist if I ever heard from one..a dumb one at that- and that is coming from a proud UCLA alumni with a clean record and blood stream...
If its grey its grey.. if its blue its blue..
Here is a hint to you - Letting black people visit your home does not make you a non racist if you are counting the number that walk through the door....
1 darky 2 darkies... 3.
Anybody wanna talk about something that might be productive?
(No need to bother with trying to explain yourself to ignorance and denial- it doesn't change them. Just agree to disagree and spend your money and time some place else.)
So... who knows where I can find a decent Southern Baptist Church in this city and good Middle Eastern food in the southern part of the metro?
I'm not real comfortable seeing all the switching and editing going on online here...regardless of how minor the change.
My comment from last night got errased.. Lucky me I saved it in word... something told me that would happen.
NOw...
Lets recap the night...
1 DJ plays a mixture of hip hop and top 40.. loud enough for all of downtown to hear him...
DJ Exits the set.. in comes DJ Jazzy Jeff... I didn't notice any change in the sound of the speakers but there was a significant change in the mood of the crowd... everyone was actually having fun.. even the BBoys took a break from trying to steal the lime light... about 10 minutes in to the set we get a PSA that " Hey, they said we can't play hip hop"
Next thing I know bags are being packed, laptops turned off, and the crowd starts chanting "BULLSH#$"...
Power and Lights follow up all of this by playing "Welcome to the Jungle" on the speakers and follow it up with country music from various artists of some lost generation... (to me this was intentional)
This is not the first time that we have been told that Power and Light has banned hip hop music. Several times in various bars we have made specific requests only to be told that they "can't play that here"
I say the same thing the crowd said "BULL#$T%"
My advice to my people ...If they can't cater to you DONT SPEND MONEY DOWN THERE!
I expect the type of behavior displayed that night from the types of people that run Power and Light.. the thing that I dont understand is why black people stay and continue to spend money...
When someone shows you that you are not welcome.. believe them the first time.. dont' spend all your money to figure that out...
Out of the many reasons they put out there none of them add up...
#1 they said that he blew their speakers.. if there was an issue with the speakers why did they allow another DJ to play after him?
#2 they said he played too much rap or hip hop. Then you have to ask why this was not a problem when the white DJ played.
#3 they say that they allow rap but not hip hop....what do THEY consider hip hop? and what is rap to them? THEY COULDNT TELL YOU. Besides that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard... but from their eyes I guess thats just another way to try and mask the reality of the situation...
They don't want to play music that will attract a certain crowd.. that certain crown just happens to be brown and listens to hip hop
So please brown people take your green somewhere else!
Re: “Cordish explains why DJ Jazzy Jeff's set was cut short”
Look above .. you read some of the mess people are writing?
I will discuss this subject when people can stick to the facts and stop putting in what they want to add to feel like they had something to say... its pointless...
....Unless.... someone can point me to a good church and some good middle eastern food in this town...
then I'll talk about what ever you want with whom ever even if them swear they really heard something that they really imagined.. or saw something that only happened infront of them that a thousand other people standing around didn't see... (regardless of color)
Reading some of these posts is kind of like reliving the day I heard Christopher Columbus discovered America all over again...
Funny but still kind of disgusting.