[Reader-list] Public Enemy vs Arizona: Sonic Immigration

Joshua Zeidner jjzeidner at gmail.com
Wed May 5 21:08:19 IST 2010 

  On the contrary,  the African Americans are getting played by left wing
and the likes of Al Sharpton this time.

   I was at the capitol yesterday, there was a nice young African American
girl who was vocally against the pro-Mexico demonstrators.  She came down
here because she couldn't find a job in LA.  She shouted: "this is the new
color of conservatism".

  We've never had slavery in Arizona.  It was formed after the civil war.
The African Americans played a critical role in the establishment of our
state.

  -jmz



On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Paul D. Miller <anansi1 at earthlink.net>wrote:

> 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>
> jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>   <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcmjPgyN36g&NR=1>
>> 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>
>> 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>
>> 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>
>> > <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>
>> > <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>
>> >> <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>
>> 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>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>
>> 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>< <http://www.funkadelphiarecords.com>
>> 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>
>> 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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>>
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