One Man's Musical Tastes as Fodder for a Flame War, or, Is Merritt Rcst?
by misspaige
In 2004 Mr. Merritt, writing in The New York Times, chose seven records for a feature called Playlist. None of the records he chose were by black artists, prompting Sasha Frere-Jones, a music critic at The New Yorker, to conclude at the time on his personal blog that Mr. Merritt had a bias against black music, calling him " 'Southern Strategy' Merritt."
No comment on this link yet. React !