Greg Thomas

Writer Greg Thomas Discusses His Current Series on Race and Jazz

Source: The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
July 17, 2011

To loosely paraphrase an age-old bromide, Know and recognize the truth and the truth will set you free. The only way to defeat racism is to recognize it's existence and confront it head on. That my friends is one of the cornerstones of the Independent Ear. Yes there are times when taking positions in recognizing racism in this music is unpopular in some corners. Yes, unfortunately there are those who—high-minded or free of racist impulses or not—somehow fail to recognize ...
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