Mobo Awards - Racist?

[dave50]

Surely they must be racist, or don't they count?

[jackthehat]

No, they're not, dave.

Check out the previous annual threads on this...

[Svejk]

Racism is a one-way street, dave.

[humbersloop]

Can I still vote for Dolly Parton?

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1288912.html

[Baldric]

See Related Questions, below

[Baldric]

Plus this lot

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/search/?q1=mobo+awards

[Slapshot]

No.... but I dareyou to start up a MOWO awards... ;0)

[anotheoldgit]

Awaits sp1814

[andy-hughes]

If you want to be literal about it - all music is of black origin.

[-Talbot-]

If all music is of black origin then why have the MOBO's?

[Svejk]

their symphony orchestras were a rare treat, to be sure.

[-Talbot-]

Lol

[andy-hughes]

Talbot - "If all music is of black origin then why have the MOBO's?"

Wikki extract -

"The Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards were established in 1996 by Kanya King and Andy Ruffell to recognise and celebrate artists who create "black" or "urban" music. The MOBOs may be the most prestigious but were not the first Black music awards show in Europe. In Britain, the Black Music Awards (BMA) show ran from 1992 to 1996 in various venues in London.[1][2] For non-music shows, the Afro Hair and Beauty show was set up by Dyke and Dryden beauty company in 1982,[3] and is still an annual event in London.

The first MOBO award was presented to UK trio Baby D, in the Best Dance Act category.[4] The MOBO Awards are seen as a UK equivalent to the BET Awards and Soul Train Awards for being the main award show in Britain to focus on Urban music."

[hc4361]

Plenty of white artists have been nominated and even won the MOBO.

[hc4361]

Svejk, you must be referring to the Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra and I agree, they are indeed excellent.

[Svejk]

cultural plagiarism, disgusting.

[Svejk]

I was thinking 17th and 18th century, actually.

[hc4361]

You must tell be about that orchestra :D

[Hypognosis]

Frank Zappa used the catch-all phrase "white person music" to describe anything pre-skiffle (but, mainly, classical).

It still makes me chuckle but I try not to use it, to avoid the obvious plagiarism.

[Hypognosis]

@Svejk

//Racism is a one-way street //

When you get a mo', can you explain that one?

[Svejk]

its not rocket science.