so... i get a forward from our web administrator over at the site for the recent, wildly successful holiday play, "Sho' 'Nuff Nativity." apparently, we'se ig'nant knee-grows is done put togetha a minstrel show! at least, according to one lone stranger. i appreciate the ton of phone calls, emails, texts, etc. that came in from many of you who saw the show. i think this cat didn't see it at all. i won't list his/her email address, because i want to encourage solid discourse. i'll just copy and paste the body of the email.
"Black people have been held back by people
who promote such nonsense. Would you want
to go to a doctor who said "sho' 'nuff?" Or
how about "axe" instead of "ask?"
What a shame that there is no intelligent black
person to whom black children will listen. Their
role models are hip hop dumb asses. Bill Cosby
tried but no one wanted to hear it. He's to be
admired. P Diddy should be exterminated! You
people should be ashamed!"
-email name withheld
so...comments? i'd like to hear from people who saw the show as well as people who didn't. for the record, i promoted, proudly, the event. i don't know the profession of this person, nor would i dare try to assume they know anything about current events or culture, so i won't launch an ad hominem attack. but i will say, i had to chuckle out loud at the absurdity of the argument.
as a bit of an answer: i'd prefer a doctor whose skill is in the practice of medicine. i've been surrounded by people who split verbs and i'd leave my kid with them, and others who spoke the "King's English" who i wouldn't trust with a napkin. as for intelligent black people, they listen to the messages they find in shows that they come see before passing judgment. i don't know how a hip-hop nativity would look, but i'm sure it would be fascinating. "Sho' 'Nuff" visited the gamut of music from African drums to Spirituals, Gospel, Jazz, Soul, etc.
calling for the extermination of someone is interesting, too--even if called for in perfect english.
what do ya'll think? (oops...is ya'll too country?)
joc
