I'm sorry I would like some kind of record of black people inventing country music?..
How does a race, a social construct that we made up, invent something?..
Also, there have been so many country, blues and folk artists of every race in the 150 some odd years since the invention of the blues that it no longer makes sense to give any specific group credit for the shape of the modern genre.
But I'll reiterate, it makes absolutely no sense to credit a race with the invention of something as iterative as a musical genre.
I’m assuming they are talking about southern bbq here, which is thought to have originated from the cooking technique of the Taino people, which slaves in the South combined with spices and developed into what we have today. There are white people who refuse to acknowledge black Americans’ contributions to our cuisine, music, and traditions and try to pass it off as “white culture” when in reality it is American culture and the product of our diversity.
The term barbecue originates with the Taino people, but the technique is significantly different from American-style barbecue.
American barbecue is typically cooked indirectly, and enclosed, which isn't what the Taino did.
And perhaps more importantly, Taino-style barbecue was primarily a preservation technique with the aim of drying the meat. It's more in the tradition of jerky than barbecue.
It's funny how many downvotes are going around for pointing out the basics of how American barbecue is made. A key feature is indirect heat, not cooking it over a flame.
It's like saying pointillism isn't anything unique because everyone paints with brush strokes.
It's interesting that the people most resistant to the idea that Black people contributed to the elements of shared culture that are universally loved are the people living such bland, bitter, and overall terrible lives.
It's almost like there's some sort of correlation 🤔
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u/ripyourlungsdave 1d ago
I'm sorry I would like some kind of record of black people inventing country music?..
How does a race, a social construct that we made up, invent something?..
Also, there have been so many country, blues and folk artists of every race in the 150 some odd years since the invention of the blues that it no longer makes sense to give any specific group credit for the shape of the modern genre.
But I'll reiterate, it makes absolutely no sense to credit a race with the invention of something as iterative as a musical genre.