Klarinet Archive - Posting 000383.txt from 2002/12

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: AW: [kl] Reed strength
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 22:07:02 -0500

I think the objection was to the stereotypic reference to blacks as having
large lips - the offensive caricature you suggested of the black African
with lips hanging down to his chest was, I think, the basis of Ken's
comment, not the choice of "black" rather than Negro or "colored" as the
descriptor.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: H.P. Widmer [mailto:zeno.zatti@-----. Wagner
> (E-Mail 2)
> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 5:21 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: AW: AW: [kl] Reed strength
>
>
> In the german speaking part of Europe it's political correct to
> mention the
> color of the skin of a man.
> Not correct is to say Negro.
>
> Or should one say colored man?
>
> p
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> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Ken Powell [mailto:kennzie@-----.net]
> > Gesendet: Sonntag, 15. Dezember 2002 17:11
> > An: klarinet@-----.org
> > Betreff: Re: AW: [kl] Reed strength
> >
> >
> > Be careful with your choice of words regarding the
> > transplantation of lips
> > from a "black man".
> >
> > Dr. Kenneth E. Powell
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "P. Wagner (E-Mail)" <access@-----.ch>
> > To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:19 PM
> > Subject: AW: AW: [kl] Reed strength
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > > > Von: Karl Krelove [mailto:karlkrelove@-----.net]
> > > > Gesendet: Samstag, 14. Dezember 2002 19:21
> > > > An: klarinet@-----.org
> > > > Betreff: RE: AW: [kl] Reed strength
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > But to P. Wagner, I'd strongly recommend that you let someone
> > > > knowledgeable
> > > > hear you and try your equipment in person to see what may be
> > > > an equipment
> > > > problem and what is rooted in your own physical approach
> > to playing.
> > > >
> > > > Karl Krelove
> > >
> > > A harder reed squeeks.
> > > Only an other MP with longer facing can make possible using
> > harder reeds.
> > > Or a transplantation of lips from a black man. ;-)
> > >
> > > p
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