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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHaters target Winston-Salem concert by African band that stood up to Islamists
https://triad-city-beat.com/haters-target-winston-salem-concert-african-band-stood-islamists/Responding to hate, a Winston-Salem music venue rallies the community behind what just might be the greatest band in the world.
The comments in response to two sponsored posts on Facebook promoting an upcoming Winston-Salem concert by the Grammy-winning and internationally-acclaimed group Tinariwen came in a steady drip of loathing, vitriol and menace.
Another commenter chimed in: So ISIS is playing the Ramcat? LOL. And another: Take the fucking towels off your god damn heads.
Responding to the Ramkats invitation to join us for Tinariwen, with special guest Lonnie Holley, one commenter wrote, Or bomb us, your choice. A commenter from Randolph County wrote, Any true American will not support this bunch of trash. Let them perform in their own country. They need to get out of the USA.
Reacting to a photo of the band wearing traditional north African robes and turbans, a commenter from Archdale, wrote, Aint looking at nothing Muslim. The wanna-be religion thats the plague of the world. Another wrote, Look like terrorists to me. Um no way.
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Haters target Winston-Salem concert by African band that stood up to Islamists (Original Post)
G_j
Jul 2019
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LearnedHand
(3,389 posts)1. Love Tinariwen!
Have one of their albums. Fantastic music. The haters are SO much the losers here.
Edit: seriously. Get their music
tblue37
(65,398 posts)2. Wow! They're great. Thanks for telling us about them and providing a video! nt
G_j
(40,367 posts)3. Great stuff!
Love it! Thank you
littlemissmartypants
(22,691 posts)6. That was really enjoyable. Thanks for sharing it, LearnedHand. nt
panader0
(25,816 posts)4. That was very cool.
onetexan
(13,042 posts)5. Whites have had a long history of appropriating good music to
Whites only. There are those out there who deny that the origins of jazz music came from black musicians.
littlemissmartypants
(22,691 posts)7. Kicked and recommended. ❤ nt