Yo I know of only may be a few black magicians in the world today and I was just wondering is anyone else on here an African American magi besides me, and do you know of any other famous African American Magicians.
-T.J.
-T.J.
i am.......Check out Kendrick "Ice" Mcdonald. Not sure why its important that he is black, he's just a great magician, but yea.
C
And that makes it important why?
Not trying to be offensive here, but I don't care about a magicians race, its their ability that interests me. Watching a magician just because he is black is no different than not watching the same performer for the same reason.
C
I honestly don't care what race anyone is in magic or otherwise. I am not in defense mode for not wanting to talk about diversity because, personally, I don't care about it,
Diversity is unimportant, acceptance of all races is, however very important. I agree that we should accept anyone as long as they have a passion for the art, the requirement I hold for anyone in magic. But whether you are black, white, asian or from Mars is, to me, totally unimportant.
C
I honestly don't care what race anyone is in magic or otherwise. I am not in defense mode for not wanting to talk about diversity because, personally, I don't care about it,
Diversity is unimportant, acceptance of all races is, however very important. I agree that we should accept anyone as long as they have a passion for the art, the requirement I hold for anyone in magic. But whether you are black, white, asian or from Mars is, to me, totally unimportant.
C
I think saying "I am not in defense mode for not wanting to talk about diversity" and "I don't care about it" are mutually-exclusive statements in the context of the thread. If you don't care about it, why did you post?
I think the view that "diversity" is unimportant but accepting all races is important (I guess you see yourself as politically color-blind) is somewhat dangerous. In my opinion, it's that sort of sentiment that justifies de facto segregation. The problem with not pushing for diversity, is that real, material inconsistencies exist between communities that are "all-white" and communities that are "all-black." I mean, is it just coincidence that poor, primarily black neighborhoods and schools receive less development money?
It doesn't matter if a community is all-white or all-black, they should be treated in exactly the same manner.
Striving for diverse communities so that everyone within it is given the same treatment doesn't solve anything, its just a way around the problem.
Regardless I think this is partially getting off of the topic of magic.
I certainly agree that being able to discuss this in such a manner is a great thing and will be happy to continue the discussion through visitor messages if you wish, but I think that it is out of place here.
C
There is a great documentary called the Art and Soul of Magic, which chronicles which deals with the subject of African Americans in magic. There is also a book on the topic, which I have referenced here before, but at the moment cannot recall it's name.
Brad Henderson