In the second part of "Inglan, nice up!", Back describes the music scenes of the late 1980s and 1990s in Britain. He goes into detail about how the different movements of reggae, hip-hop, soul, and the "dancefloor" have varying degrees of mixing between races. His ethnographic moment at a dance hall emphasizes his stance that many different races come together to take part in something that they all add to, but is different than what what they originally brought to it. He asserts that the musical forms connect black, white, and asian scenes, forming an "intermezzo" that transcends the divisions between the cultures in Britain. One example of this is in the 90s jungle music, which is claimed as London's own.
Discussion Question:
Only in the notes does Back address the fact that the music's equality did not equate to the industry's equality at this time (i.e. black DJs were not allowed in the clubs that played black music). Why doesn't he address this point further? When DID it start becoming okay for blacks to go to these nightclubs? Does Back think the music helped to cause a change in racial prejudices?
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