tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post9182129455314881826..comments2024-03-28T15:48:11.151-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: STEP 'N FETCHITRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-49944257674095346782011-11-06T06:38:54.900-05:002011-11-06T06:38:54.900-05:00I think you are on to something. Look at the fasc...I think you are on to something. Look at the fascination of White America with rap, hop hop, indeed with jazz. [When I was young, as I have before remarked on this blog, White Americans actually believed that jazz was a creation of white musicians, most notably -- this is not a joke -- a band leader named Paul Whiteman.] Whites would pay good money to go to a club or concert and hear black musicians who would not be permitted in the front door of the place they played.<br /><br />Note too in an earlier era the success in Christian America of Jewish comedians.<br /><br />The mass media discussion of racism is woefully shallow and uninformed.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-45292472650707229722011-11-06T04:09:55.685-05:002011-11-06T04:09:55.685-05:00All of this brings me back to your tutorial on Web...All of this brings me back to your tutorial on Weber. I can’t get the thought of self-flagellation out of my mind. It seems to be the perfect metaphor for accommodating the imperatives of a rationalized way of life. Might the African American, who exudes an African rhythm, be seen as mocking the asceticism of protestant-capitalist orthodoxy and thus deserve a flagellation? Might this help explain the shock, among the persevering ascetics, of jazz, the tango, black rock ‘n’ rollers, or even Elvis? Might the “shucking and jiving” (understood here as resistance) of Mr. Cain simply be incomprehensible to the commentariat lest they get Weber? My guess is that Mr. Cain’s mockery is expressive of his psychological energy (as in preserving a parallel identity) and is unintentional; that he really does believe it would be possible to be a Koch brother by another mother in today’s America. Weber Veber Max Crax. “If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself.”Jerry Fresiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01427077490696059928noreply@blogger.com