BROWSE:
Dizzy's
Intro: Around 1946, jive-ass stories about
“beboppers” circulated.
Lie
number one: that beboppers wore wild clothes
and
dark glasses at night.
Lie
number two: that only beboppers wore beards,
goatees, and other facial hair
and adornments.
Lie
number three: that beboppers spoke mostly
in slang or tried to talk
like Negroes.
Lie
numberfour: that beboppers had a penchant
for loose sex and partners
racially different from themselves.
Lie
number five: that beboppers used and abused
drugs and alcohol.
Lie
number six: that beboppers tended to express
unpatriotic
attitudes regarding segregation, economic injustice,
and the American way of life.
Lie
number seven: that beboppers expressed a preference
for religions other than Christianity.
Lie
number eight: that beboppers threatened to destroy
pop, blues, and old-time music.
Lie
number nine: hat beboppers expressed
disdain for "squares."
Lie
number ten: that beboppers put down
as "commercial" people who were
trying to make money.
Lie
number eleven: that beboppers acted weird
and foolish.