"Such was the decade of the 1960s—the setting of much of MJ's deprived childhood but, also, a decade of musical formation and growth. Could it be that the artist got stuck not only in the fantasies of his lost childhood but, as well, by the racist standards of art and beauty that doggedly persisted during the decade? ...Could it be that the famed pop icon was unable to grow out of the childhood impressions cast on him by a Caucasian-ruled society? Could it be that in a rather bizarre creative expression of conflicting ethnic and national identity of his never-ending childhood, the great artist of Negroid genes and skin relentlessly tried to physically transform himself to achieve an American's white ideal?"
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Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop” is the musical mega icon who opened the door for African-Americans to conquer the popular culture scene. Succumbing to cardiac arrest a month before commencing his sold-out "final curtain" series of 50 London concerts, MJ's death has been mourned by the world. It i...
ted, please READ the whole article, i beg you before make further comments. i did address those black singers' relative success.
ReplyDeletei'm no american so that race card thing of yours is alien to me in the sense that as filipinos we have a NEUTRAL perspective on that.
doesn't mean racism doesn't exist in that country. as i said, MTV did NOT feature blacks until MJ. why?