GRGR(4): "I Wanna Be Black"

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Paul Mackin wrote:

> It does seem like the staff is black and  the clientele white. In any case the
> white men's room referred to doesn't ring true. I never saw  white rest rooms
> except in the South. In the North the ONLY public rest rooms would be for
> whites only.
> 
> I may be overlooking something.
> 
                                                     P.

Several years ago I received a monograph statistically analyzing the
demographics of jazz listeners. This particular study stated that over
70% of the jazz audience are white males between (I can't remember the
ages) with graduate degrees. Of course, the study ignored the musical
subcultures which are thriving below the threshold of commercial
visibility such as the late Horace Tapscott's neighborhood music scene
in LA's Crenshaw district. There the music is happening in people's
homes and churches unbeknownst to most of the white grad boys.