TMC
12-09-2017, 03:46 AM
http://www.slate.com/blogs/screen_time/2017/12/05/remembering_all_that_and_its_commitment_to_1990s_hip_hop_and_r_b.html
Aisha Harris, who grew up in a white suburb, said All That introduced her to black artists like Missy Elliott and Busta Rhymes. “And,” she adds, “though I doubt this was the intent of the two white guys who created the show, the chance to sit my booty on the ground or in a chair every week soaking up a landmark era in black music laid the foundation for the deep connection and affinity I now feel every time I’m amongst a crowd of black people, and we’re all singing and dancing along to the same beloved songs.”
Aisha Harris, who grew up in a white suburb, said All That introduced her to black artists like Missy Elliott and Busta Rhymes. “And,” she adds, “though I doubt this was the intent of the two white guys who created the show, the chance to sit my booty on the ground or in a chair every week soaking up a landmark era in black music laid the foundation for the deep connection and affinity I now feel every time I’m amongst a crowd of black people, and we’re all singing and dancing along to the same beloved songs.”