Nothing proves that more than the excellent documentary “Standing in the Shadows of Motown”. You can tell the respect white singer Joan Osborne shows for these men is genuine and real, this is how we all become truly colorblind, it’s about the music and the talented people who made it, no one cared what color their skin was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBzuNZ9DlnI
Those who talk about “transcending race” need to watch this, because this is what it looks like. Not what Obama, the NFL, and the race hustlers in the media and pop culture shove down our throats.
How we went from the uplifting Motown sound to today’s hate-filled, cop-killer rap-crap or “lowtown” sound is beyond me. Does nothing to elevate anyone and drags people of all races into an all-time cultural low. Nonetheless, this is what we’ll probably see celebrated.