tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715793990530105949.post139143802285396370..comments2024-01-26T02:37:59.953-06:00Comments on my best friend gayle: Invinciblesummer of samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07104085798565882996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715793990530105949.post-21325275437314272492009-08-18T08:56:32.005-05:002009-08-18T08:56:32.005-05:00much appreciation for this post, weeks after his p...much appreciation for this post, weeks after his physical death.<br /><br />i recently got gnawed at last week by facebook hounds. because i **still** had MJ as my profile pic.<br /><br />one. facebook ain't that serious to me. two. i think those who truly appreciate his legacy, still care after 3, 4 wks of his passing. Damn, does everything has a be a fad?<br /><br />This man is pretty much dyed in the fabric of our culture. Everytime i look around there is some semblance of him somewhere, in someones dance moves, on some random show from the 90's, clothing. So why not appreciate him openly, flat out though our own little dedications? Not by simply integrating an element of him in to our swag?z.bediakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16055742017907142757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715793990530105949.post-80832568883698161742009-08-14T18:34:34.556-05:002009-08-14T18:34:34.556-05:00it's a totally disingenuous response. mj was b...it's a totally disingenuous response. mj was bigger than elvis AND the beatles. yeah, i said it. <br /><br />there's definitely a racial component. rrrr told me about grieving for mj amongst white folks. definitely a different experience. is there a cultural thing at work there, too?<br /><br />but get this, i heard a black person say mj hated black people. i was not happy, to say the least.summer of samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07104085798565882996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715793990530105949.post-78392409158189947042009-08-14T17:24:47.286-05:002009-08-14T17:24:47.286-05:00I blog, occasionally, at Shakespeare's Sister ...I blog, occasionally, at Shakespeare's Sister (to a much whiter audience). When other posters noted his death, there were so many young women proclaiming that they didn't know what the big deal was, that they didn't know MJ's legacy--they were young and just remembered him as "weird." And I had to step away because it seemed so disingenuous--the blogmistress explained patiently, repeatedly, and her nerves were getting frayed. <br /><br />But I kept thinking, I was two when Elvis died--and not sure I was born when the Beatles broke up--and I would never say (because I'd be lying), "Oh, I was totally unaware of their impact!!!" even though I don't like their music. I don't understand how grown people can claim *complete* ignorance of MJ and I wonder about the racial component to that.ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867952598756889997noreply@blogger.com