3425  Blacks and tango (short)

Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 12:44:55 -0600
From: Bruno <romerob@TELUSPLANET.NET>
Subject: Re: Blacks and tango (short)

Sergio Vandekier wrote:

>I read Bruno's note, felt that it was inaccurate and tried to present the

facts as I understood them to be. My presentation gave the black historical
component a great preponderance, I merely was surprised that Bruno said that
tango had been created by slaves.<

My 2 cents:

In my original post I said that tango was created by blacks, who most were
slaved or trying to pay out their owners for their freedom.

I was probably inaccurate and should have said that despite a law(s)
prohibiting slavery, blacks remained imprisoned under the color of their
skin, and remained unable to break away from it.

In 1858, Lucas Fernandez a black intellectual and journalist wrote in the
newspaper "El Proletario". In one article Lucas cites the vain and obscured
pride of the ruling classes as the confirmed obstacles, which were
preventing the laws favoring blacks from taking effect. Lucas advocated for
a newspaper as sounding board to discuss blacks' issues, unfortunately this
newspaper lasted 2 months.

The url for this article and others can be found at:
https://www.latinoamerica-online.info/soc03/afro01.03.html

In reference to Sergio's statement whether ** the majority of Milonga
singers (Payadores) ** were black is true, and so were the piano players
according to Dr. Jose Wilde.

Best regards,

Bruno