Art may coerce us, but it hardly commands us. Our actions are based upon our own judgment. We do not blindly imitate what we see and read. They must realize that art does not promote what it depicts. Those who view art with a closed mind defeat its purpose.
Art is a realm of thought experiments that quicken, sharpen and sweeten our being in the world.
Yet black teenagers were not, at first, allowed on the program. Ethnographers, who were graduate students in the Department of Folklore and Folklife, were examining urban dances as important expressive tradition in African-American community. As their work progressed, it became clear that their work was significant enough to make available to the public. A very serious threat, indeed. Through privatization, companies free themselves from government supervision.