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"Able"? No, "allowed".What happened to them? Why is mumble rap the only type of "music" they're able to create now? Are they only allowed to wear pants that are constantly falling down? Is someone forcing them to wear that atrocious dreads on their heads?
I've said this in another thread, but I met an artist once who told me how she kept running up against the expectations of "black art" and how shitty it is. People who say certain producers/curators/etc demand a "minstrel show" are talking about valid concerns.
It's almost as if well-meaning curators would rather display something like this:


Than something like this:


Because the former paintings are "unambiguously black" and they want asspats. I imagine it's much the same in the music world.