Chuck D is a Signifying Monkey? I Think Not! - Comments Page 2

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• 26 - Will

  Jul 23, 2003 at 5:01 pm

  It's unfortunate that there are people who take pleasure in creating racial tension and "keeping the races divided". I think the "Elvis comment" is an example of this being played out in the 50s. Perhaps this discussion is a current example.

• 27 - ClubhouseCancer

  Jul 23, 2003 at 5:05 pm

  Natalie:
  
  Someone who is "melanin-challenged" would be someone who has little or no melanin i.e. a white person. So Elvis WAS melanin-challenged.
  
  But few informed people really believe that Elvis said what he's accused of. I'm sure if you read the article cited or Guralnick's great bio, you'll agree.
  
  I'm sure you're not saying, as it would appear, that just because something has been repeated for a long time, it is true. Or that even if it's false, its "long shelf life" gives it some importance anyway.

• 28 - Eric Olsen

  Jul 23, 2003 at 5:32 pm

  I was wondering about that "melanin" thing - I thought it was the sleep hormone and I thought Elvis often slept all the live long day.