[78-L] KKK records

[Bill McClung]

Ten years ago one of the publishers I represented published a collecter's
guide to black collectibles.  More than 300 pages of Black mammy salt &
pepper shakers, postcards of racist images, etc.  When I called on one of my
favorite accounts, Black Images Bookstore in Dallas, TX, the owner of the
store told me why it was important to collect these items.  She said that
they were part of our history and that even though they were hurtful it was
important for her children and grandchildren and their children to
understand the history and cultural dynamics that created them not just for
Blacks but for any ethnic group that may be protrayed in a racist manner.
She bought several copies because she thought it was an important book and
because she had customers that had collections.

It's what archivists do.  And, I think, for very good reasons.

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com>wrote:

> Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> > On 2/28/2010 2:59:43 AM, Julian Vein (julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk)
> wrote:
> >  > Steven C. Barr wrote:
> >  > > ----- Original Message -----
> >  > > From: "Martin Fenton" <mafenton at talktalk.net>
> >  > >> Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> >  > >>> These things average around $40 each or higher on eBay, but not by
> me.
> >  >
> >  > > What worries/scares me is the fact that some of these high-buck
> buyers
> >  > may
> >  > > be buying the discs because they agree with their content...?!
> >  > >
> >  > > Steven C. Barr
> >  > > _______________________________________________
> >  > There was a radio programme on this subject not too long ago, where it
> >  > was stated that the most enthusiastic purchasers of KKK records were
> >  > black academics.
> >  >
> >  > Julian Vein
> >  >
> >
> > Why would they want them?
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> It's my thought that anyone seriously researching racism in the media,
> including material on 78rpm records, would want to explore the KKK's
> recorded output as an extreme example of racism in recording. And, as we
> all know, to own the artifact is to hold an "original".
> Mal
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