Bridging Cultures Through Music

 After reading Beatrice Aaronson’s account this week in our readings there was several things I agreed with and several things I didn’t agree with. The topic of the dance floor bridging together different cultures is one that I do agree with. People are able to gather together and just listen to music and dance. The great thing about clubs is they are usually specific to the type of group they attract.  So if I like hip-hop and want to go dance to that type of music then I wouldn’t be showing up at a country line dance bar. So you always know ahead of time what your getting yourself into and if there are groups you don’t want to associate with you don’t have to.  And yes there might be an occasional fight but that is due to the consumption of alcohol.  It’s great to just go dance with friends and meet people at a club. People from all over the place and all different types of ethnicities come to just have a good time. The common focal point that brings everyone together is music. This is why I agree with what was  about the dance floor becoming the so called virtual reality. It doesn’t matter well at least at most places if you are black , white or brown. Dancing and the music that is played is not racially specific. The dance floor lets cultures interact with out having to worry about the outside world. Race doesn’t rule the dance floor the dance floor rules races. I have danced with girls from all kinds of backgrounds. And yet  as I would normally not congregate with them outside the club because I would stick out like a sore thumb at the club there are no boundaries.  This is why I agree with what Aaronson is saying because I have seen it with my own eyes. Music is a very powerful tool and when you include dancing with it there is really nothing stronger to break tension between groups. Some people go to the club to dance because they want to hangout with a variety of people  that in their normal everyday groups might not include. Each  group of  races has been generalized into what different type of music they like and like to dance to. Which I think is crazy. But as its presented to use whites are tagged with country and line dancing  and Asians and Europeans  are tagged with the rave techno music and Hispanics with the ranchera music and blacks with hip-hop. Now me personally love hip-hop and the different beats and artist but I also like a little techno. Techno is just different it is just different lines of sounds intertwining to create a song. Which I think is great because no two songs are alike. With hip-hop you get these young guys that want to steal the beats from songs that were real popular back in the day and just totally butcher them. But this is why I think dancing helps people get along  and lets different cultures interact.