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Chuck D and Wendy C

In chapter 3, of Control and Freedom, “Scenes of Empowerment,” when Wendy Chun writes about digital sweatshops I think of the Public Enemy lyrics “Have you forgotten, the other side of rotten, / Picking electronic cotton diggin digital ditches” As counterpoint (in the polyphonic, musical sense) to Chun’s deconstruction of race in turn of the millennium television ads about Internet utopia, take a look at this 2000 essay by Chuck D, DEATH OF A NATION- WHERE IGNORANCE IS REWARDED FOR A NEW RACE CREATION; THE NIGGRO...

June 14, 2006 in Music, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)