Comments on: Writing The Book, Part 3 or 2.5: The Wait and The “Asian American” Question http://cantstopwontstop.com/blog/writing-the-book-part-3/ Jeff Chang's Website Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:16:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jeela http://cantstopwontstop.com/blog/writing-the-book-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-139 jeela Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:24:00 +0000 http://csws.kuwayama.com/uncategorized/writing-the-book-part-3-or-25-the-wait-and-the-asian-american-question/#comment-139 this resonates with a lot of what you touched on, that rainy sun-shiny day in Manoa... thx for all you do. <br /><br />IMUA!<br /><br />jeela this resonates with a lot of what you touched on, that rainy sun-shiny day in Manoa… thx for all you do.

IMUA!

jeela

]]> By: ronnie brown http://cantstopwontstop.com/blog/writing-the-book-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-138 ronnie brown Tue, 07 Dec 2004 03:10:00 +0000 http://csws.kuwayama.com/uncategorized/writing-the-book-part-3-or-25-the-wait-and-the-asian-american-question/#comment-138 Jeff, no need to get defensive...you give credit where credit is due. When a culture is in full bloom, a "revisionist" can't get any traction. It's only when a cultural form is temporarily on the back burner (like Jazz) a Richard Sudhalter dares to step from the shadows. Black folk are still not used to having their cultural contributions appreciated so the "Asian-American in Hip-Hop" strawman may still be used as a hook in some reviews (much like the bogus African-American/ Latino question) but your respect for Hip-Hop's essential Africanness is what is going to establish your credibility.<br /><br />and Robin D.G. Kelly has his finger on the pulse of the thing...polyculturalism is a nice dictionary word, but Black folk have been makin' somethin' out of nothin' or makin' something new of what's already on hand since we created soul food from throwaway scraps from the slavemasters kitchen table... Jeff, no need to get defensive…you give credit where credit is due. When a culture is in full bloom, a “revisionist” can’t get any traction. It’s only when a cultural form is temporarily on the back burner (like Jazz) a Richard Sudhalter dares to step from the shadows. Black folk are still not used to having their cultural contributions appreciated so the “Asian-American in Hip-Hop” strawman may still be used as a hook in some reviews (much like the bogus African-American/ Latino question) but your respect for Hip-Hop’s essential Africanness is what is going to establish your credibility.

and Robin D.G. Kelly has his finger on the pulse of the thing…polyculturalism is a nice dictionary word, but Black folk have been makin’ somethin’ out of nothin’ or makin’ something new of what’s already on hand since we created soul food from throwaway scraps from the slavemasters kitchen table…

]]> By: Anonymous http://cantstopwontstop.com/blog/writing-the-book-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Anonymous Mon, 06 Dec 2004 23:46:00 +0000 http://csws.kuwayama.com/uncategorized/writing-the-book-part-3-or-25-the-wait-and-the-asian-american-question/#comment-137 Yeah, high expectations/hopes are a bitch like that. It's funny how writers can be their own harshest critics. Many a great writer has tossed a masterpiece in the fire.<br /><br />_eric Yeah, high expectations/hopes are a bitch like that. It’s funny how writers can be their own harshest critics. Many a great writer has tossed a masterpiece in the fire.

_eric

]]> By: Jeff http://cantstopwontstop.com/blog/writing-the-book-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Jeff Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:21:00 +0000 http://csws.kuwayama.com/uncategorized/writing-the-book-part-3-or-25-the-wait-and-the-asian-american-question/#comment-136 Damn, another tough question there. I think at this point, both. It's a monster-in-the-closet kind of feeling. You just don't know how anyone will receive it. Also you gotta get over the fact that it's not yours anymore. People are going to interpret it however they want, whatever your authorial intentions were. I'm impatient by nature; The Waiting is the hardest part. Hey, that sounds like it could be a song... Damn, another tough question there. I think at this point, both. It’s a monster-in-the-closet kind of feeling. You just don’t know how anyone will receive it. Also you gotta get over the fact that it’s not yours anymore. People are going to interpret it however they want, whatever your authorial intentions were. I’m impatient by nature; The Waiting is the hardest part. Hey, that sounds like it could be a song…

]]> By: Anonymous http://cantstopwontstop.com/blog/writing-the-book-part-3/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Anonymous Mon, 06 Dec 2004 07:16:00 +0000 http://csws.kuwayama.com/uncategorized/writing-the-book-part-3-or-25-the-wait-and-the-asian-american-question/#comment-135 Jeff...<br /><br />Two questions.<br /><br />Are you worried more about how the book will be received in the mainstream, or by the hip hop audience?<br /><br />Is there a particular audience whose opinion means the most?<br /><br />_eric Jeff…

Two questions.

Are you worried more about how the book will be received in the mainstream, or by the hip hop audience?

Is there a particular audience whose opinion means the most?

_eric

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