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Why are most hip-hop bloggers not Black? I wrote my thoughts on this
last year (here-
http://dieselnation.blogs.com/hiphop/2003/12/hiphop_blogging.html)

But now it's coming up again in our circle. Oliver Wang and Jeff
Chang are Asian Americans, Byron Crawford, Trader Mike, David of
Sleep Not Work, Eric Nord, and on and on are White. Jay Smooth is
half and half (I'm not saying that to "discredit" him. Just making
things clear.) El-Keter is Jewish.

What the deal?

Is this another example of the Digital Divide?

Is this another eample of the "Unbearable Whiteness of Blogging"?

Or is this a positive thing, showing how wide the spectrum of hip-hop
fans are out there?

What do you guys think?








Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:50 am

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Why are most hip-hop bloggers not Black? I wrote my thoughts on this last year (here- http://dieselnation.blogs.com/hiphop/2003/12/hiphop_blogging.html) But...
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Jul 14, 2004
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I'm a lil confused about tradermike, unless there are two people with sites at the same domain, cause this dude who i read here ...
lynneluvah
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Jul 16, 2004
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These are some heavy questions. There is a divide. No doubt but I think it also has to do with our overall percentage. The country is what, 12%...
funkdigitalmetal
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Jul 16, 2004
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Metalface- you're right about the 12%. I guess a big factor is that we are outnumbered in the us in the U.S., period. My biggest *concern* is that blogging is...
Hashim
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Jul 16, 2004
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Hashim: I'm curious about this statement: "Another example is Oliver Wang schooling a white female blogger on the proper way to participate in hip-hop as an...
Deb
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Jul 17, 2004
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... is it possible we're just at a point where hip-hop is becoming less and less race-specific? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail -...
skinny friedman
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Jul 17, 2004
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this is really strange, i posted here earlier today informing you that tradermike was black and I even put in a link to the pictures in his photo gallery for...
lynneluvah
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Jul 16, 2004
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I had a similar post disappear too. It must be THE MAN trying to assimilate me....
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