Roots

Jimmy Kimmel seems fascinated by the fact that Australian actor Abbie Cornish also has talents for rapping and graffiti.
Why is he so surprised?
Even given the lack of cultural sensitivity expressed by many white Australians - aren't most people influenced by Black culture?

Why is it surprising that Ms Cornish would take her cultural queues from an era of the genre that produced Afrika Bambaata?

Wasn't Little Richard the model for many rockers of his era?

Wasn't Bird a seminal artist of his genre?

Wasn't it Cab Calloway who added some swing to the Big Band era?

Didn't Scott Joplin add a bit of Ragtime to the slow marches of his era?

Can't all this creativity be traced back to the music brought over by the slaves?

If the dominant culture is always trying to make everything into a Black and white issue - doesn't it always take a popular subculture to restore color to these old black and white images?