In an era of superhero films and rap music, does cultural sophistication still exist? At LewRockwell.com, Taki Theodoracopulos looks back at the “Golden Oldies” and remembers the “deep sophistication,” writing:
I’ll report some good news for a change. Perhaps the most important event this year outside the presidential election is the imminent collapse of the so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion con, the poisonous hokum that is finally being exposed as such. Just think of it: $8 billion a year of your taxes is spent telling Americans in training sessions, workshops, and educational material that they are, depending on their race and gender, victims or oppressors, and that America is a nation of white supremacy. 8 billion smackers per annum to spread this bull, and then there are some who say that Musk’s new department for government efficiency is not needed. The DEI mindset is dominant in human resources departments and on college campuses. No wonder people finally got together and voted for the Donald—anything to get away from the scourge of DEI. But as the great Yogi Berra said, nothing’s over till it’s over, so let’s not count our blessings yet. It is telling that the ghastly New York Times chose to spike its reporters’ work on the study of DEI. Academy and the media will continue to embrace DEI and will not give up easily. Well, defunding the police and allowing open borders led to a Trump victory, hence DEI will only improve matters for conservatives.
And there is more good news. Turner Classic Movies, which has recently gone too woke for my taste, had a whole afternoon of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals, and I set aside everything I was doing and watched nonstop. What can I say or write without using superlatives? The deep sophistication of the music in these films is no accident, just look at who wrote it: George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, all giants. We have committed cultural suicide these past 25 years, what with rap noise now listened to even by white folk who are able to read and write—barely, that is.
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