BeBop Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 At Amazon To be honest, the title gives me the heebie jeebies. Must be my Berkeley upbringing. Two things stand out in the description: the name Ken Burns - not sure what to make of that - and it is a collection of writings by mostly unfamiliar (to me) authors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeBop Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Conyers is chair of Department of Black Studies at University of Nebraska at Omaha. I think that makes me feel a bit better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I only read the blurb but to equate rap with jazz is a joke; one is music, the other is the absence thereof; beauty versus ugliness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umum_cypher Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I only read the blurb but to equate rap with jazz is a joke; one is music, the other is the absence thereof; beauty versus ugliness. Well, I won't sign up to that, but Bebop, I've read the book. Go with your initial instincts on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 copied a sentence for you... "In conducting research governed by the rubric of Africana Studies as a holistic discipline, one often encounters detractors who claim that Black Studies research has no legitimacy, soundness, or technical process of inquiry." is that proper English? "The rubric of Africana studies governs his research." (I mean, it's grammatically correct but the usage of the word "rubric" I find a bit strange shouldn't it be something like "idea" or preferably a better word... looks to me like a not so clever author trying to write in the most difficult way that's available to him... but since there are other authors in the book... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I only read the blurb but to equate rap with jazz is a joke; one is music, the other is the absence thereof; beauty versus ugliness. Well, I won't sign up to that, but Bebop, I've read the book. Go with your initial instincts on this one. Didn't ask you to but in my view rap is crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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