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Chris G:
Steeeeeeering this thread back on topic... I thought that was awesome! Thanks
shorthair:
Choral: singing. Aural is listening.
Because of the range of their vocal chords, and the indigenous language of their ancestors - where microtonal vocal inflections severely determine meaning and are a conscious element - they naturally have good singing capacity and range. The study of music is a powerful tool.
Howard_Casto:
Love the clip, that is frikkin awesome!
Btw there is some truth to that. Like it or not different races have, as a whole, diferent strengths and weaknesses. It's called evolution, different abilites (created from genetic mutation at random) become dominant due to it making a race better suited to their original environment. Not that the comment wasn't horribly out of line, but like it or not different races of people ARE different other than the color of their skin. The key is to embrace and accept these differences rather than pretending they don't exist and calling anyone who notices them a racist.
RayB:
Howard, it's the old argument of nature VS nurture.
It's a little easy and short-sighted to see many people of a particular color can sing and then make the half-assed assumption it's genetic. If you dig a little deeper, you find that most people who can sing really well come from backgrounds where they grew up with music and singing as part of their environment (applies to all skin colors). Practice starting young plays a big part in a person's abilities. (Though of course you could again argue that they had that kind of environment in the first place due to genes, and now we're stuck in a chicken & egg debate... ;D)
The concept of "talent" has been studied and what it revealed is that while some people might have a better aptitude for something than others, the greatest factor to affect a person's long-term success at it is whether or not they frequently practiced the particular skill. Tiger Woods wasn't born with a "golf" gene. His dad had him regularly playing over and over from a very young age (like 4 or 5?).
Anyways, I justed wanted to call Shorthair out on assuming break dancing was invented by blacks. Many of the core moves in break dancing have roots in ancient asian martial arts. There weren't very many black people in ancient China.
RayB:
For those who care to read further into my claim, here is a great article from Fortune Magazine
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