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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
I'm not sure what you mean by "attitudes" in your first paragraph, but is it perhaps that those parades are more ethnically exclusionary than the St. Patrick's and Columbus Day parades?
Well, I think I understand your point in your second paragraph and I tend to think that the "exploitation" of ethnic differences by music companies, television networks, etc. for monetary gain is another subject completely. For example, your average Hispanic citizen doesn't have a lot of control over that other than their interest in watching or listening. Is there something inherently wrong with that? What is different about that than, say, the Country Music Awards show? It is targeting a demographic, as well. Of course, the word "white" isn't used in the title but, Charlie Pride notwithstanding, I think we all understand that 99.99999% of country singers are white and the awards show is targeted to white people who enjoy listening to country music.
As for the final paragraph, I understand this may be a problem for some people, but if I were in college and knew that a tiny percentage of my money was going to fund ethnically targeted graduation ceremonies, I could care less. eh, shrug, whatever, I understand that not everyone feels this way, though.
And lastly, what does any of this have to do with racism or pride in being an American?
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Your country music awards show in and of itself is a farce, MTV Networks makes up awards shows just to sell adspace. VH1 is a good example of the machine at work, VH1 Honors morphing into VH1Divas, VH1 Hip Hop Awards, and then most recently VH1 Rock Honors. It is just to sell adverstising dollars. Putting it back into the Grammys there isn't a Country Grammys, but a section for Country singers, male, female, group.
The division of Latin Grammys is highlighting Latin, not celebrating the commonality of music. Again, it parallels in my mind the same things of the American aspect, again pointing out the differences instead of celebrating in the commonality. It is just my perspective on this since I have always been an outsider to both communities, my own heritage and the "Americans."
Edit: Sorry forgot to address the attitudes.
Yes, correct they are much more exclusionary then they are inclusionary. I have been to a Filipino pride parade. Since I don't speak the language, they couldn't be bothered to include me in the conversations.
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