AResponse to “Notes on a Dying Culture”byJames Ford III | special NewBlackManWhitneyHouston’s unexpected passing shocked me. I mourn for her and her loved ones whofeel her recent passing more profoundly than I ever will. I thought Bob Davis’srecent post would help me consider the impact of this loss. Sadly, his postrepeats the same Civil Rights vs Hip-Hop generation storyline. As a member ofthe generation he criticizes, I see his post as an invitation for furtherdiscussion.Davissays the culture of the American Civil Rights Movement was “rejected…by its ownchildren” and two camps... Read more »
