[Reader-list] Public Enemy vs Arizona: Sonic Immigration
kabi cubby sherman
cubbykabi at yahoo.com
Wed May 5 12:56:06 IST 2010
that is ted hayes in the video. interesting person in Los Angeles history. complicated. he started out in very activist work, good work, with the homeless. now he is a republican, has been anti-immigrant for awhile, was pro-bush, ran for mayor against maxine waters (and lost by a tsunami of votes). he doesn't have any credence in the LA political scene, from any side, including his fellow republicans. he is out there pretty much all by himself but seems to have fun taking some very strange positions on things.
there were very few people marching down that street. mostly some youth who in their frustration, very simple rhetoric and blame, can make sense, instead of an analysis of power and solidarity and sense.
best
kabi
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From: Paul D. Miller <anansi1 at earthlink.net>
To: Udai Malhotra <udaimalhotra at gmail.com>
Cc: "reader-list at sarai.net" <reader-list at sarai.net>
Sent: Wed, 5 May, 2010 12:14:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Public Enemy vs Arizona: Sonic Immigration
I'm transferring at Frankfurt airport, and took a quick glance at this
video. I find it sad and appalling.
It's galvinized me as an African American to build even more bridges
between communities.
Minorities only get played against one another when this kind of thing
happens, and the end result is everyone loses.
This kind of stuff is so dumb, it's ridiculous.
It really saddens me to see fellow African Americans being played by
right wing types.
Paul
Sent from my iPhone
On May 5, 2010, at 7:02 AM, Udai Malhotra <udaimalhotra at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear Joshua,
>
> What is the point you are trying to make by linking to this video?
> If anything it is reinforcing that you are on some straight ignorant
> shit.
>
> - Udai
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcmjPgyN36g&NR=1
>
> -jmz
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Paul D. Miller
> <anansi1 at earthlink.net>wrote:
>
> > Again - this is strange non sense.
> > 1) the track is a free giveaway so no paycheck etc
> >
> > Josh - this is stupid. Either up the level of the discourse or
> come up with
> > something more interesting.
> >
> > I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone that would say
> either me or
> > Chuck D are racist, and no, Flava Flav isn't on the track. So...
> >
> > What's your point? I'm just getting on a flight to Khartoum, Sudan
> for a
> > project with ex child soldiers doing electronic music.
> >
> > Josh - if you would like to dialog about the merits of Arizona's
> > immigration, that's ok. But being an asshole, as we've seen in
> Arizona,
> > doesn't solve anyone's problems.
> >
> > By the way way, no, I'm not racist, and no, Public Enemy isn't
> racist.
> >
> > And I have nothing to do with Al Sharpton.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On May 4, 2010, at 4:02 PM, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > sorry for getting all up in your grill hommie, but racism cuts
> both ways.
> >
> > maybe you can get Flavor Flav all up in hizouse too?
> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhpB1X-6ok>
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhpB1X-6ok
> >
> > it's pretty simple that illegal aliens are modern day slavery
> and they
> > destroy the lives of white and black Americans alike.
> Unfortunately we've
> > got selllouts like you who are willing to say anything for a
> paycheck.
> >
> > check ya later holmes, jmz
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Paul D. Miller < <anansi1 at earthlink.net
> >
> > anansi1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Very strange and reactionary response.
> >>
> >> Joshua - can you please enlighten me on my 'racist politics' and my
> >> relationship to Al Sharpton?
> >>
> >> You're sounding a bit shrill and to be completely honest, totally
> >> irrational.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On May 4, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Joshua Zeidner < <jjzeidner at gmail.com>
> >> jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm writing this from the Arizona Capitol.
> >>
> >> Paul, we don't want your racist politics here. Al Sharpton has
> nothing
> >> in common with the illegal aliens. You are not only a traitor to
> your
> >> country but a traitor to your own people. How can you turn
> against a
> >> country that has given you so much?
> >>
> >> we do remember history. We remember it very well.
> >>
> >> Check it: <http://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com/?linkid=410&webid=1000
> ><http://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com/?linkid=410&webid=1000>
> >> http://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com/?linkid=410&webid=1000
> >>
> >> -jmz
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Paul D. Miller < <anansi1 at earthlink.net
> ><anansi1 at earthlink.net>
> >> anansi1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hey people - I just finished a studio session with Chuck D from
> Public
> >>> Enemy. In the wake of Republican Governor Jan Brewer's appalling
> >>> anti-immigrant law, me and Chuck D were rappin' and we decided
> to put
> >>> together an update of his classic track "By The Time I get To
> Arizona."
> >>>
> >>> You can download the track from here:
> >>>
> >>> <http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html><http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html
> >
> >>> http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Anyone who knows about hip hop from the early 90's remembers John
> >>> McCain's unwillingness to endorse creating a local version of
> Martin Luther
> >>> King's birthday. The update here is a 21st century look in the
> rear view
> >>> mirror. The cliché that "those who don't learn from the past are
> doomed to
> >>> repeat it" still holds sway in our hyper amnesiac culture. I
> remixed D.W.
> >>> Griffith's infamous film Birth of a Nation with a bit of Public
> Enemy in
> >>> mind, and later on, they named an e.p. with the same name as my
> project. Me
> >>> and Chuck D have done several projects in the past around
> progressive, non
> >>> knucklehead hip hop.
> >>>
> >>> Please feel free to download this track and pass it around. We
> are the
> >>> media. Feel free to pass it around!
> >>>
> >>> By the way, this is a mashup, and it's basically not really for
> sale. I
> >>> just took a riff from Philly Sound (<http://www.funkadelphiarecords.com
> ><http://www.funkadelphiarecords.com>
> >>> www.funkadelphiarecords.com), and flipped it. The result, is
> what you
> >>> hear here. It's free, and open. No $!!
> >>> You can download a better resolution version of the track here:
> >>>
> >>> <http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html><http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html
> >
> >>> http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html
> >>>
> >>> Check it!
> >>>
> >>> Paul
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
>
>
> --
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