Perhaps you heard. Shocka: Rock Music Made By White People Is Surprisingly White (Indie Rock Why Aren’t You More Black?).
This week Caucasian rock critic/obliquest blogger Sasha Frere-Jones taught other Caucasian rock critics about the word miscegenation.
SFJ also wrote this Simpsons episode back in the day.
Comedian: Yo, check this out: black guys drive a car like this.
[Leans back, as though his elbow were on the windowsill]
Do, do, ch. Do-be-do, do-be-do-be-do.
Yeah, but white guys, see, they drive a car like this.
[Hunches forward, talks nasally]
Dee-da-dee, a-dee-da-dee-da-dee-da-dee.
[Audience howls with laughter]
Homer: Ah ha ha, it’s true, it’s true! We’re so lame!
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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