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  • Racially based cultures are kinda bullshit. People from specific cultures will often have a specific race, but not necessarily. For example a black frenchman will have a very similar culture to the white frenchman. There will obviously be some differences where the black frenchman might carry some traditions from their African roots.

    Same could be said for a white guy in Mexico or whatever. If his family has been there for a few generations, his culture would be mostly indistinguishable from the broader Mexican culture.

    American culture is a mix of countless different cultures due to our history of immigration. When you think of “American Cuisine” its stuff like hamburgers (German), pizza (Italian), and tacos (Mexican). Much of American music heavily draws of African music (Rock, Hip Hop, R&B). Hell even the banjo has its roots in African traditions.

    Since the racists would have you believe the only “true” Americans are white, that makes the white folks look like culture vultures, despite the fact that American culture is a rich tapestry of all sorts of cultures because everyone who came here brought their traditions with them.

    I would argue “white” isn’t a culture at all. My culture is barely different than the asian dude down the street who’s grandparents moved here 100 years ago. Also any knowledge of Europe show “white people” have plenty of culture, but its not “white culture”, its italian or swiss or whatever.

    I think the main reason its acceptable to refer to black culture in the US is because their cultural identity was stolen from them via chattel slavery. Also because of this history and the continued systemic racism in the states, they have very specific interests in working together and standing against the prevailing racism in American culture.

    (im a baby leftist so yall go easy on me please)







  • i think that’s not a great way to think about it. when is the year of the linux desktop? its a slow build until its a viable ecosystem.

    if companies just stopped making linux phones, the ecosystem would wither up and die (not counting postmarketos)

    every new linux phone will inspire new people to try linux on a phone, and eventually we may have a viable alternative to ios and android.









  • i’d probably call that 8/4. you can count to 8 before the pattern more or less repeats.

    the top number is how many clicks of the metronome is in each measure (a little chunk to organize the music and keep everything even)

    the bottom number has more to do with how a composer writes the music down, and is less something you can hear. there does tend to be “usual” time signatures, so without seeing the sheet music, you generally just assume the bottom number.

    basically the most common in western music is 4/4 because a measure is 4 quarter notes long. thats basically why they call them quarter notes too.

    jazz guys and prog rock might do some more complex stuff like 5/8 or 7/8. a good example of 7/8 in pop music is money by pink floyd. listen along and count to 7 and youll hear the line repeat.