Exactly EastHarlem!! During the heyday of jazz music during the 1950's, you had Jewish musicians trying to imitate and play like giants, Coltrane, Miles and etc.. Have you ever seen the film Bird with Forrest Whitaker?
Originally Posted By: EastHarlemItal
Originally Posted By: BaltimoreSteel69
Let's discuss this more in a context of history, stating for the fact that this phenomena is not new in American popular culture on either sides of the cultural landscape.
It happens in every culture, the black kids who try and act white are dumped upon and called Uncle Toms! However at least those kids are trying to better themselves! The white kids are playing the rebel role pure and simple.
Last edited by BaltimoreSteel69; 03/28/1308:16 AM.
"Some of those guys, they didn't go off their blocks. They wouldn't go out of their own neighborhoods-I'm talking for fifty years." - Henry Hill
