RT @uncle_quincy: I know hipsters love watching black ppl act like idiots but based on these pics I’ve seen from last night I’m going to say this…..

I’m not gonna sit there while you laugh at that dumb ass shit.

@uncle_quincy @bo_bliz what does that even mean?

@JustJubilee @uncle_quincy just hating on NPR rap and the people that go to the shows to “twerk” and ogle black freaks

@uncle_quincy @justjubilee #letthemcook #letthemwobble #letthemgetmoneyforbananasplit not hating on artist at all

@bo_bliz @JustJubilee @uncle_quincy there’s always gonna be dumb white ppl, but on the whole, I think exposure to that world has been good

@emynd @bo_bliz @uncle_quincy I do too and honestly if it weren’t for “hipsters” a lot of people wouldn’t be famous and getting money. CYCLE

@emynd @justjubilee @uncle_quincy I have a dream that one day there will be no dumb white people

@bo_bliz @emynd @uncle_quincy hate to break it to you guys but there’s dumb EVERYTHING people hahaha

@bo_bliz @JustJubilee @uncle_quincy and all that ass shaking is SUPPOSED to be a spectacle.

@emynd @bo_bliz @uncle_quincy i’ve spent half of my life looking at ass shaking (and loving it) am I part of the problem? #305 #NOLA #booty

@emynd @bo_bliz @JustJubilee HA……I know. Still just my perspective. Not to be on some Chapelle going to Africa shit.

@JustJubilee @emynd @bo_bliz Ass wiggling has it’s benefits, This I know.

@uncle_quincy @emynd @justjubilee impossible and pointless to analyze all fans perspective- but def an element there that’s disturbing

@JustJubilee @emynd @bo_bliz @uncle_quincy its complicated no? History of whitefolks using/making $ off black music. Self-reflection is good

RT @emynd: @uncle_quincy @bo_bliz @JustJubilee my only point is don’t let the suspect way idiots consume cool shit ruin the coolness of that shit

@emynd @uncle_quincy @bo_bliz @JustJubilee that’s good but also important to talk about power dynamics in music, party scenes

True But spectacle for commty vs ousiders? RT @emynd: @bo_bliz @JustJubilee @uncle_quincy all that ass shaking is SUPPOSED to be a spectacle

@dj_bent @JustJubilee @bo_bliz @uncle_quincy yeah it’s definitely complicated as fuck and always worth talking about

@dj_bent who decides who the authentic community is and who the oustsiders are? And how long before outsiders become part of that community?

rly good question. like you say, community shifts/changes RT @emynd who decides who the authentic community is and who the oustsiders are?

@justjubilee @emynd @bo_bliz @uncle_quincy maybe harder to talk about in these spaces, but still important to try. just my opinion

@dj_bent @emynd @bo_bliz @uncle_quincy it is but 140 characters not enough and Facebook is the worst. Let’s all plan a dinner one day ;)

@emynd @dj_bent it’s not just inside/outside, tho - it’s who has more power. who is getting paid & who faces death and violence

@emynd @laripley no but the situations that create/d bounce are about poverty, racism, violence, social indifference. music is resistance

@emynd @laripley whats more considering murder rate, health indices and mortality in nola, may of them actually ARE

@dj_bent @laripley by that logic, it’s the same situation in the lovely city of Philly.

@dj_bent @laripley and what’s the conclusion anyway? Only poor people in danger of getting murdered can twerk their asses authentically?

@emynd @dj_bent f*ck authenticity. it’s about what you’re doing to & with the people/scenes you draw on

@emynd @dj_bent “raw” music comes from people who face death, violence & poverty. Rawness is a response to that reality (1)

@emynd @dj_bent so why not think on how to respect that? (2)

@laripley @dj_bent it’s all about authenticity! You’re asking outsiders to consider their effects on the scene but not those “in” the scene

@laripley @dj_bent buried in what youre arguing is an acceptance that there is an authentic scene community and an outsider community right?

@laripley @dj_bent I’m mostly done w/this convo. Been having it for 15+ yrs. All I can do is respect the cultures I’m involved with & I do

@laripley @dj_bent and I’ve been accepted by enough folks actually “in” the scenes I fucks with to feel like I’m doing alright. #theend

@emynd ur probably right! if it ain’t about you dont make it about you. Plenty of ppl don’t care or try to do that though

@emynd I said consider who gets paid, who suffers. Who gets paid/profits doesn’t map only onto insider outsider it’s more complex than that.

@emynd @dj_bent every time we have this convo in public, more people consider it than they did before, so thanks 4 bringing utopia closer!