This is nothing new and anybody who follows gangster films should know this.

White people used to go to The Cotton Club, and other spots uptown to , from a safe distance, enjoy certain aspects of "Negro culture".....jazz music,etc....

Even in Harlem, there were clubs reserved especially for white patrons, and the only Black allowed were the service staff and the entertainers.

The Minstrel shows....and their groteque caricatures of souther Black culture..were HUGE draws to white patrons..burnt cork/black face..white actors mocking Black people.

Gangster films covering NYC and the 20s, 30s and 40s..show glimpses into what I'm talking about.

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Elvis ,Rolling Stones, Clapton all DIRECTLY patterned their music and style from poor Southern Black Blues artists.





nothing new at all.....

people gravitate towards and copy whatever they think is "cool"

remember Grand Master B character from "Married With Children"?