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Ex of #Ignorance. Embarrassing themselves in their ignorance. #RockAndRoll originated from black America: gospel, blues, jazz, boogie woogie, r&b. Black musicians even did #RockAndRock first. White people stole their songs. Due to racism👉🏻white versions more marketable to bigots.
RocknRoll was influenced by Deep South black music. "There wasn't nobody playing it at the time but black people: me (Little Richard), Fats Domino, Chuck Berry. White kids started paying more attention to this music..."
Enter the likes of Elvis. #MusicEd
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Enter the likes of Elvis. #MusicEd
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"the most common way that the whitening of RocknRoll has been discussed is simply not at all...attempts to reckon the music’s racial exclusivity have often been met with hostility."
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