From: delledg@jake.cc.wayne.edu (De Vaughn Elledge)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african.american
Subject: Re: Death of Mary Wells
Date: 31 Jul 92 19:55:03 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit

In article <1992Jul31.040201.26115@panix.com> lkk@panix.com (Larry Kolodney) writes:
>In <1992Jul30.203548.19395@cs.wayne.edu> delledg@jake.cc.wayne.edu (De Vaughn Elledge) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Jul30.035028.20432@panix.com> lkk@panix.com (Larry Kolodney) writes:
>>>In <92210.152440LSMITH@auvm.american.edu> <LSMITH@auvm.american.edu> writes:
>>I disagree, from another mindset, It could also mean "Why would you rip
>>off your own, you should be promoting & making easier for your own,
>>especially due to the years of BS our entertainers had to go through
>>just to make a record".
>
>
>Right, and the problem with this is that it assumes that Mary Wells
>was somehow Berry Gordy's "own" while some white singer would not have
>been.  Why does Berry Gordy owe a greater respect to Mary Wells than
>to anyone else.  Don't you think that he should treat all people
>fairly?
>-- 
>larry kolodney:(lkk@panix.com) 

I don't know if you were versed in black history but black recording
artist at that time were very discriminated against. A great deal of
music produced by black recording artist were copied by their white
conterparts, I wouldn't say the singers themselves in all cases because
we know not all artist write their own music, and guess who made the
money. Case in point, Little Richard.....Need I say more...... 
 
That is just a small snipet of what the music industry has done to
people of color, more like a needle in a haystack. But you take all that
injustice that was done to your people and yourself because we know he
had to go through some shit to get that recording studio, let alone
trying to get the music played (another needle) outside of the area. Not
to mention the injustices, fear, misunderstanding, and etc..brought upon
us just because of a simple difference in skin color. I would think that
he wouldn't take from his own people, because he knows what we have to
go through to even survive let alone trying to be a singer, if any thing
he should try to make it easier. He should treat all people fairly but
that is a feeble point if the person will steal from his own.A man/woman
who will take from his own, will steal from anyone and NOT treat anyone
fairly--I assumed you understood this. A person who takes in his own and
steals from others is an example of what was going on during the time
Black recording artist were trying to make they're mark, we just
happened to be in the others grouping. A person who takes in everyone
who choses to joins him and treats them fairly is the man that should
have arisen from all of this BS. What makes him worse is the fact that
a person would steal from their own, not saying that its better to steal
from others because it's wrong. With the knowledge of past wrongs to his
advantage, he should have been taking us in a new direction instead of
explioting us. The others don't matter because if he used the knowledge 
advantage he would treat no one wrong. 


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