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| A ‘Disgusting Experience’: Band’s Show Cancelled Because They Are ‘Too White’? |
| 2013-10-30 |
| [The Blaze] Shokazoba, an “Afrobeat” band, reportedly had its Halloween performance at Hampshire College allegedly cancelled because the members of the group are “too white” to play Afrobeat music. I hope this logic doesn't prevail among cafes in the south. The band’s keyboard player, Jason Moses, told MassLive.com that about 30 people were able to execute an online campaign to have their show at the annual Halloween event shut down. He said the band is not even all white, but race shouldn’t matter anyway. If you like your band, you can keep your band....period ! “It’s not important to us. Music and art has the opportunity to transcend all that,” Moses said. The Hype Committee, which apparently made the call to cancel the band’s show, announced the decision on Facebook on Oct. 24: “Due to concerned students voicing their opinions about the band Shokazoba, we held community dialogue to hear what individuals had to say. As a result of the dialogue, and discomfort expressed by members of the community in person as well as by email, Facebook, and other means, we have removed Shokazoba from the lineup for Hampshire Halloween.” Further, a Hampshire College spokeswoman said in a statement that students “questioned the selection of one band, asking whether it was a predominantly white Afrobeat band, and expressing their concerns about cultural appropriation and the need to respect marginalized cultures.” Cultural marginalization? Behold the NFL, NBA, and EBT. Moses says the entire experience has been “disgusting.” “It felt like we were demonized. I didn’t feel they should cancel us,” he said. Demonized? Sounds like Hype to me. The keyboard player also revealed his group singed a performance contract with the Hype Committee that prohibits the school from discriminated against based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, physical ability or sexual orientation. Signed contract? Time to find a lawyer I'd say.“ He said he does not feel the band was dealt with in an honest way, and said he was sure some people would have wanted to see them play. Moses said the band would still play at the college, if it were organized by a different group interested in incorporating other points of view,” MassLive.com’s report adds. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Obviously "diversity" doesn't mean what diversity means. Posted by: Bright Pebbles Of course it doesn't. Drive by any AME church in Georgia. Been that way for years. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-10-30 19:30 |
| #8 Obviously "diversity" doesn't mean what diversity means. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-10-30 19:26 |
| #7 ..and because prog trolls insist on racial purity. It's a hallmark with these idiots. But always remember, they have the monopoly on compassion. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2013-10-30 19:02 |
| #6 Contract? Lawsuit. Teach the college twerps running their little student committe like a left wing treehouse that actions have legal consequences, no matter whose feelings are "hurt" |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2013-10-30 18:59 |
| #5 "He said the band is not even all white..." Really? Looking at their band picture, I guess you could say that a few were a few shades more pale than flat white.... |
| Posted by: Jerkface Killa 2013-10-30 18:47 |
| #4 Frozen Al, that's NOT Nude Hampster. That's good ole Hampshire College in the PRM. Amherst MA is a very affluent community so the limo-libs and their spawn feel right at home. (*Peoples Republic of Massachusetts, aka Assaholia) |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-10-30 15:15 |
| #3 Cuz Neu Hampsha is so filled wid peepul of cullah. |
| Posted by: frozen Al 2013-10-30 13:19 |
| #2 ...and expressing their concerns about cultural appropriation and the need to respect marginalized cultures Oh, yeah. That's Hampsha all right... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-10-30 13:04 |
| #1 BWHAAAAhahahahahahah!!!!!! This is Hampshire to a T. It is the most concentrated sewer of ultra-PC, ultra-leftist lunacy you could ever imagine. If they ever bring back mental hospitals all they'll have to do is lock the gate and they'll be in business. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-10-30 12:32 |