Reply #54: Possibly, but I still think his approach was bullshit

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If he wants me to take his cause seriously, he can start by not insulting menbers of MY race.

The press seemed to cover Ray Charles' death pretty throrughly.

You know, I never heard of Elvin Jones before today, and neither had anyone in my office. Maybe that has something to do with it.

As for the press, it took me close to half a year to realize that one of my musical heroes growing up, "Lonesome" Dave Peverett, died at the age of 56. He was the frontman for a band (Foghat) that sold millions of albums, and the press didn't cover it all. Peverett was a "corny-ass white person."

You may be right, you might not - but for those of us "corny-ass white folks" who had never heard of Jones, can we be expected to make the connection you spelled out in your post to me, or are we simply supposed to take racist cracks from someone accusing us of racism?

I know racism is a problem everywhere, including the media - but whites are NOT the only racists, and Santana acted like an ass when he could have simply spelled out a point instead.

I'm angry about this, and I've bought my last Santana recording.

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