Wednesday, February 3, 2016
I particularly like the reading written my Maureen Mohan. I liked this article because I could directly relate to it. Like I read in some other blog posts, the beginning was very confusing for me and hard to understand but I picked up on the general argument that singers a categorized by race and the way they look. I completely agree with that statement. It is something I realize without actually realizing what I was doing, if that makes any sense. unfortunately I am part of the group of people that judge artists based on how they look. Not all the time, and never have I thought that an artist belonged un a different genre based on how they looked, but I have been thrown back from time to time when I see an artist that looks as if they don't "belong" in the genre they are in. By no means do I agree that is right, but I do acknowledge that I have been one of those people. I think that even though there is still a lot to work on in this world with race and racial equality, i think its safe to say that we have come far enough for it to not matter how people look and what type of music they enjoy singing.
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I see where your coming from, where as it's kind of a shock seeing certain people perform certain music, such as a white rapper, or a Spanish pop artist, but I think the only thing that matter is if the music is good or not, not so much the race or gender. But unfortunately we live in a world where the media tends to have us think a certain way that isn't always good.
ReplyDeleteKat, I agree with you. Unfortunately I think most people categorize others on how they look. It stinks too because like we talked about in class, I didn't know T Pain could sing other types of genres. We tend to categorize artists based on their of his physical appearance which shouldn't be.
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