r/ableton • u/willrjmarshall mod • Jun 05 '20
We need your help, because Black Lives Matter
We mods at /r/ableton recently paused this community for 24 hours in support of Black Lives Matter. We are heartbroken and devastated by the murder of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement. We are sad and angry at the murder of Breonna Taylor, and the delayed response to the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. These injustices against Black Americans are only the most recent examples of a long history of systemic racism in the United States.
As musicians and artists, we are strongly opposed to police brutality. This is an issue that affects everyone in the music industry, and we urge you to join us in expressing your support of equal treatment and equal justice.
We stand firmly with those pushing to change the system so it works for Black Americans, and condemn the actions of an administration that has stoked escalation and threatened to use military force against the American citizenry. At this point, to be silent is to be complicit, and to remain neutral is to side with the oppressor.
We encourage the /r/ableton community to actively help in any way you can. Donate, join a protest, have the uncomfortable discussions that need to be had, confront the prejudices within yourself, and vote blue in November.
We need the help of everyone.
Read:
75 things white people can do for racial justice.
Donate:
Official George Floyd Memorial Fund
Petition:
Vote:
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u/stmaximus Oct 10 '20
I just want to show some respect to u/willrjmarshall. Fighting the good fight.
Never unstick this thread
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Aug 24 '20 edited Aug 24 '20
Native Lives Matter, Too!
"More than 70% of murders of Native Americans in Colorado go unreported to FBI."
https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2020/02/18/missing-murdered-native-american-women-congress
But who cares about my people right?
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u/MattwillYums Aug 28 '20
=/ I really feel for all people that get screwed over by the law, but I wish I could escape politics for at least 24 hours.
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u/Radical_Posture Aug 20 '20
One phrase that really stuck with me is 'what if America loved black people as much as black culture?'
As a Brit, I can say this definitely applies to other countries too - certainly in Europe. We will gladly enjoy what black culture has given us, but we constantly look away from the injustices that black people suffer. I've been blind to it too and it's easy to do that, but we have to be better. We have to get angry and vocal at racial profiling by police and courts, racism from employers, employees and places of business. Everywhere.
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Sep 28 '20
Dance music and racial politics, 2 things that were never synonymous, you left your differences at the door when you went to a rave, people were colour blind on the dance floor, and the only time racial politics ever came into conversation was when people were laughing at how pointless and divisive it is.
The strongest form of racial politics resolution is not participating IMO. My proof, I lived through the 90s rave scene and seen how effective not giving a shit is. The only way wars are possible is if people show up. Unity happens when we abandon focus on differences and come together through passion
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u/zackisland Jun 11 '20
It's so crazy seeing people write this stuff off as "just politics". The kinda stuff you should only speak about in political forums. This goes far beyond where to place traffic light, we are dealing with PREVENTABLE HUMAN DEATH.
I know some of the people in this thread are privileged enough to ignore this, but I implore you to look into it a bit more. We don't need extrajudicial killings funded by the state.
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u/Joe_Betz_ Jul 13 '20
The resources are all very good. Once the shift from not being racist to being actively anti-racist happens, we will live in a better country. Thankfully, more people are becoming aware of the ways in which systemic racism persists and must be dismantled.
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u/dgmulf Jul 20 '20
I'm unclear as to why I need my music software company to tell me how to fight social problems.
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u/rolfski Nov 08 '20
Unless it is directly related to some musical initiative I would rather have this forum stick to Ableton related stuff.
There's more social injustice in the world than American black lives. Should these become topics too in a music production forum?
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u/mycosys Dec 12 '23
Thank you.
Contrary to what a lot of the luddites in this thread maintain, electronic music has ALWAYS been political, and rave was a political movement. Deliberately.
The free party/doof scene was about destroying these hierarchies and prejudices that oppress us, about temporary autonomy, about stopping wars and fighting, and its heartbreaking how few know that.
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Nov 13 '20
I browse by "new" within a multireddit of various music subs, so only saw this was still stickied now.
Just wanna say thank you for keeping this stickied and not wavering.
Glad to be part of this community.
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20 edited Jun 09 '20
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