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The sentence
Disco Demolition Night preceded, and may have helped precipitate, the decline of disco in late 1979; some scholars and disco artists have described the event as expressive of racism and homophobia.
seems to be the one in the lead that is most frequently being removed. The sentence does reflected sourced critical commentary about how the event has been interpreted by some scholars, etc., but maybe it could use a little tweaking or even a citation or two (maybe even linking internally to the relevant section of the article) to clarify the claim isn’t WP:OR. — Marchjuly ( talk) 22:34, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Most people who didn't like disco didn't dislike it because of racist, sexist or homohphobic reasons, they just didn't like the sound of it. Just like most people who don't like hip hop don't dislike it because of racist reasons but because they don't like that sound of it. Ga58656Gty ( talk) 19:53, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
The people writing this article were probably not there and don't get it. It was a silly publicity stunt for radio promotion, nothing more, nothing less. It was a celebration of Rock music which was what WLUP played. Now 40 years later "academics" are rewriting history and trying to find the "inner meaning". It was not that deep. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.119.33.117 ( talk) 16:20, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
All of the external links bring up a 404 error. I do not edit on Wikipedia, so perhaps someone else can correct this, or remove the links.
2603:6011:F902:C673:784D:A408:108E:D0B0 ( talk) 18:28, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
"Disco Demolition Night preceded, and may have helped precipitate, the decline of disco in late 1979; some scholars and disco artists have described the event as expressive of racism and homophobia"
While this quote slightly down-plays the clear undertones of racism and homophobia in this event, anyone objecting to it might wish to watch: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? For, as this film makes clear, many of the records blown up not Disco at all. Honestly, why should that be? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.166.130 ( talk) 21:53, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
I am all in favor of presenting the case made by scholars that DDN had racial undertones and supportive statements by recording artists about their feelings to that effect. But I think it's absurd to categorize this article together with Lynching of David Wyatt and East St. Louis massacre. I make the case Category:Anti-black racism in Illinois does not belong on this article. - The literary leader of the age ✉ 22:59, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
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The sentence
Disco Demolition Night preceded, and may have helped precipitate, the decline of disco in late 1979; some scholars and disco artists have described the event as expressive of racism and homophobia.
seems to be the one in the lead that is most frequently being removed. The sentence does reflected sourced critical commentary about how the event has been interpreted by some scholars, etc., but maybe it could use a little tweaking or even a citation or two (maybe even linking internally to the relevant section of the article) to clarify the claim isn’t WP:OR. — Marchjuly ( talk) 22:34, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Most people who didn't like disco didn't dislike it because of racist, sexist or homohphobic reasons, they just didn't like the sound of it. Just like most people who don't like hip hop don't dislike it because of racist reasons but because they don't like that sound of it. Ga58656Gty ( talk) 19:53, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
The people writing this article were probably not there and don't get it. It was a silly publicity stunt for radio promotion, nothing more, nothing less. It was a celebration of Rock music which was what WLUP played. Now 40 years later "academics" are rewriting history and trying to find the "inner meaning". It was not that deep. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.119.33.117 ( talk) 16:20, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
All of the external links bring up a 404 error. I do not edit on Wikipedia, so perhaps someone else can correct this, or remove the links.
2603:6011:F902:C673:784D:A408:108E:D0B0 ( talk) 18:28, 17 July 2021 (UTC)
"Disco Demolition Night preceded, and may have helped precipitate, the decline of disco in late 1979; some scholars and disco artists have described the event as expressive of racism and homophobia"
While this quote slightly down-plays the clear undertones of racism and homophobia in this event, anyone objecting to it might wish to watch: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? For, as this film makes clear, many of the records blown up not Disco at all. Honestly, why should that be? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.166.130 ( talk) 21:53, 24 June 2023 (UTC)
I am all in favor of presenting the case made by scholars that DDN had racial undertones and supportive statements by recording artists about their feelings to that effect. But I think it's absurd to categorize this article together with Lynching of David Wyatt and East St. Louis massacre. I make the case Category:Anti-black racism in Illinois does not belong on this article. - The literary leader of the age ✉ 22:59, 18 February 2024 (UTC)