Stand literally defines FUNK and you can hear the transormation of Soul in to FUNK on the song Stand itself. These were some of the key people who were involved in the transformation. These were all things that their parents had been afraid to do out of fear. The music was a reflection of that. I dunno, but I do know that BOTH changed each other.
Integration is a scary thing for many people.
It is a concept that this country has struggled with since it's inception and will always struggle with. It's no accident that that this progress stoped around 1980, when this country decided to elect a bitter and hateful man as president. Today, society is more seggregated than at any time in it's history since slavery, the prevailing musical styles are a reflection of that seggregation. The key figure missing from this equation in my opinion is Sam Cooke . He had been a HUGE pop star in a crossover kind of way.