Aha, just like global warming is settled science.
Sorry, but your proclamation may convince you, but it doesn't convince me. And, I really don't understand why you and several others on this thread are so sensitive about it. New music, arts, and even technology have always derived from their predecessors.
This country has always welcoming to other cultures that want to join us. Sharing culture doesn't mean we don't share our values. SeekAndFind said it much better in his post #10.
I originally thought the originator of this thread did so to bring out the phobics and put them on display. And now, it looks like he/she succeeded.
Is is possible to appreciate your own culture and not want to see your countrymen displaced without being a “phobic”?
Im waiting for the foreign jazz or blues song from Africa or Europe, and the story of how the American jazz and blues community heard it and were inspired.
There ain’t one.
“Aha, just like global warming is settled science.”
Yes it is rather like global warming. You made a claim, and I asked for proof. And then you respond with a descent into trivial insults. So indeed, it is reminiscent of global warming now that you mention it.
To claim that jazz and blues are not American cultural inventions is just simply wrong.
Nobody's saying that they didn't build upon or incorporate musical styles from other cultures (Malian griot music, for example), but they are unequivocally unique American creations.
You're the only person I've ever come across who would try to deny it.