right. let’s say for example that a doc was exclusively about the young Sinatra phenomenon. there shouldn’t be anything wrong with–and to leave it out is a lie of omission–saying that it was tied to how the concept of “teenaged-ness” emerged in the white community. but, you know, white folks get paralyzed by the self-doubt of “wait, is that racist? i’m excluding blacks/non-whites,” so they don’t address it or they just don’t consider it at all. double whammy.
but then, if it were a doc on James Brown’s impact a couple decades later, there would be a lot of forthright talk about how important he was to the black teens then.
this culture is so convoluted, it’s a wonder anything gets done at all, you know?
