Article responses- Blues People, by LeRoi Jones

The cultural assimilation experienced by Africans in the northern part of America from the birth of the blues music to more recent times can be gauged through music as proposed by Jones . Much of Jones claim that music is a cultural gauge rests on the presumption that music is an integral part of man 's society , and it is in the man different expressions of music that humanity has learned much of what a culture 's essence is . The same holds true for blues music . Not only does it serve as a key

in unlocking the social heritage of black people from the time of slavery and social bondage . It also reaffirms the classic belief that black people are artistic people , able to draw inspiration from the utter failure of the society to protect them of their most basic rights and turn these negative impressions as sources of their sheer talent Blues music has catapulted the image of black people away from the dregs of the earth , even absorbing the whites in the process

Not surprisingly , white people have now felt a strong and deep attachment to blues music . It is perhaps their human nature or at least their natural inclination to ascribe all the things in the world which they are able to achieve . True , Eric Clapton and Steve Ray Vaughn may have successfully achieved fame and social appreciation in the way in which they propagate their knack for the blues . Yet much of the essence of blues music or , as some may call it , black music ' still rests on those people who have a real footing on the blues - the slaves of the past ' who we call the black people

The blues is perhaps one of the many achievements and contributions of black African Americans to human civilization...