People Are Upset M.I.A Is Headlining Afropunk London Because Of Her “Anti-Black” Comments

[Poitier]

I know a few people who have been to one before and they say white people be deep as these events and nobody cares.

heard the exact same thing.

 

[J-Nice]

heard the exact same thing.

Yeah, I mean it makes sense that you want something exclusively for black people, but how exclusive can you be when the majority of people involved in that subculture are white and enjoy the same shyt you do? It was bound to catch on with them and become bigger than just a black event. And it only makes it more complicated when you're dating them too. The lines get blurry.

 

[iliketurtles]

She needs to go fukk some donkey Arabs

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

Edit: Already posted

 

[Responsible Allen Iverson]

I wanted to go to Afropunk one day but maybe not now

 

[dtownreppin214]

 

[Nomadum]

her comments wasn't anti-black but I don't agree with asking others to help bring light to your causes when they're trying to bring light to their own especially here in America where M.I.A. activism doesn't concern us as much as her current country she resides in does.

but nah, she didn't say shyt anti-black and alot of people just looking for anyone to lash out at right now so if you not BLM then you considered an enemy (which is beyond retarded but whatever)

 

[Nomadum]

Nah fukk that bytch she wants jay z and Beyoncé to say to say Syrian lives matter but what has she done for black people?

better question, what have you done for black people?

can't toss rocks in a glass mansion

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Black people in London are actually Africans though they don't need to coopt punk music & dress up in generic African garb to 'find their blackness' or whatever

afro punk has/had nothing to do with "finding blackness in african garb". It was about the culture and highlighting of black rock/punk bands

During his teens and early adulthood, Spooner was part of the predominantly Eurocentric hardcore punk scene, participating in the creation of zines, releasing records via his label, and attending shows. His label, Kidney Room Records, was a DIY punk record label putting out mostly emo-core / straight edge 7 inches. The name originates from the book Animal Liberation in which an animal, suffering from a vivisection experimentation, was referred to as the kidney in room 101. Spooner put out 3 records: Frail - Idle Hands Hold Nothing, Elements of Need/Jasmine split, and The Swing Kids first 7 inch.

During his punk years, Spooner grew increasingly fascinated by the absence of dialogue around race among his friends in the scene and the disparity of black punk bands: Mick Collins, Fishbone, Vaginal Davis, and Bad Brains to name a few. Spooner understood punk rock as an offshoot of rock and roll and the pioneering work of black innovators like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Jimi Hendrix, so he began to navigate why there were few people of color represented in the alternative punk music scene and why his peers did not engage with racial injustice in the way it had with animal rights, drugs/alcohol, feminism, and homophobia. Spooner also did not identify with mainstream media's representations of "blackness" and became focused on broadening the spectrum through his films and events by connecting alternative black people in the scene.

Later, Spooner also worked as a prominent DJ in New York City, spinning at AfroPunk events, as well as The Limelight, Black Betty, Enids, Beauty Bar, Spa and the Edison in Los Angeles. He also promoted ON!,[3] a popular mod soul night featuring Djs Daniel Collas of the Phenomenal Handclap Band and Nick Marc of TisWas. He also DJ'ed at SPA and promoted the long running wednesday night parties "Shattered" and "SMF" featuring hip hop dj's spinning soul music.

Film career
Spooner's documentary film[4] explores race identity and the black experience in the alternative punk scene, then overwhelmingly white. Spooner's investigation into the untold stories of disaffected black youth and the black punk experience via film lead to the emergence of the Afropunk Festival,[5] and gave a voice to alternative black youth who felt they did not fit into stereotypical notions of black identity.[6]

AfroPunk traces the experiences of a variety of black punks throughout the United States. In the DIY tradition, Spooner toured the film across the country like a band, screening it over 300 times at college campuses and at international festivals, garnering many awards. He amassed a devoted cult following, largely among minority punks who were active on a message board within his website afropunk.com. Through continued collected interest and participation from the film's followers, the film was a catalyst for a cultural black movement that lead to the AfroPunk Festivals (2005 to present). He discontinued participation in the festival after repeated conflicts with his partner.[7]

Name of the event is afro punk who said it needs to incorporate straight african music.

this

 

[Bawon Samedi]

Who moved this to the Root??? Its NOT Root material... Moved.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

The majority of people who attend afro punk have white significant who share the same sex

 

[Kilgore Trout]

That's a lie.

Diplo stated in a magazine interview that the song was mocking black/"hip hop" culture. Then mia started making this false narrative about how revolutionary it was after it started to get bigger.

The cash register sound effects are there to cover up the real lyrics which are taken from wreckx-n-effect's rump shaker "All i wanna do is zooma zoom zoom zoom in the pum pum". They couldn't clear the vocal so they covered it with samples. The original version was on the net back then but now it's gone

you probably gonna ignore this but link?

 

[Free White & 21]

If you're talking about the mockery, Just tried a search for it in my phone. No luck.

Try a search from a laptop, iPhone google results are janky

 

[KingJay]

What about her statements are anti-black brehs