Still fond of the infamous Disco Demolition Night at the White Sox game in Chicago. I can't really ever support riots and vandalism, but a nation under the disco yoke yearning to breathe free can't be totally condemned.
This is the first time I've heard the claim that it was somehow racist and I think it's totally without merit. I went looking for any proof and all I can find is a couple people who say the popularity of disco somehow threatened white males and that was the reason for the event. Occam's razor applies though; baseball used to do crazy promotions like this all the time (and lots of minor league teams still do). By far the easiest explanation, even in our current climate of blaming everything on racism.
Apologies - it's not considered particularly offensive where I live. I've deleted the comment and will repost without it. Feel free to delete this comment if you wish.
In a time and place where racism and homophobia were rampant, you can't spot the racism in an event devoted to destroying black, gay-friendly music that turned into a riot? Ask yourself why not.
This article and your insinuation are preposterous. There is so much oversimplification, conjecture, and empty hand-wringing that it's hard to know where to start. And as for your ad hominem suggestion that I am somehow deficient or complicit in racism because I don't buy into your cockamamie position...well, Quizmaster doesn't permit profanity. But it was totally uncalled for.
I suppose cellular phones weren't in use. But thousands Mobile phones were available as "car phones" in the 1970 in USA and Europe. Seems to me to be splitting hairs, mobile verses cell. Kind of like a cell phone is now obsolete giving way to the smartphone.
I was all set to correct QM on "Band Aid", telling him that it was "Live Aid" and not really a supergroup, but I learned something today. :-) I guess that was the actual name given to all the stars who recorded "Do they know it's Christmas?"
I know, right? The 70s did have video games.. Pong, Computer Space, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Breakout... but Tetris is planted firmly in the 80s in my brain.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jul/19/disco-demolition-the-night-they-tried-to-crush-black-music
I was all set to correct QM on "Band Aid", telling him that it was "Live Aid" and not really a supergroup, but I learned something today. :-) I guess that was the actual name given to all the stars who recorded "Do they know it's Christmas?"