Race in prog

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Prog definatly seems whitewashed. There are some asian or hispanic bands but most performers are caucasians, and the only blacks in prog I cant think of are the drummer in a local prog metal band from my area and the bassist for kings x (the latter being nominally prog at best.) Why are there so few blacks in prog. Anyone care to comment
Also if there are any black people on this board i would be very interested to hear wht you have to say on this matter

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walrus333 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 29 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 286	Topic: Race in prog Posted: December 30 2005 at 13:46
	Prog definatly seems whitewashed. There are some asian or hispanic bands but most performers are caucasians, and the only blacks in prog I cant think of are the drummer in a local prog metal band from my area and the bassist for kings x (the latter being nominally prog at best.) Why are there so few blacks in prog. Anyone care to comment Also if there are any black people on this board i would be very interested to hear wht you have to say on this matter Edited by walrus333
	If anyone knows where I can get a copy of some Flute and Voice (Indo-Prog/Raga Rock) albums please PM me! Many thanks!

Syzygy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7003	Posted: December 30 2005 at 14:55
	http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11587& amp;KW=blacks We've had this debate before. If you look at the more jazz/world influenced acts you'll find it's a different story, ditto most of Zappa's backing groups.
	'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom