Thursday, November 6, 2014

Racism in Country Music

Ok, I have all my life been a fan of country music.  I was raised on it.  The country music of today is not country music, but it is very racist.  One of the newer singer I had kinda enjoyed was Brad Paisley.  And I was really glad when Darius Rucker broke into country.  He has a beautiful, smooth voice.  And I just read the racist remarks made by Paisley at the CMA awards.  And he made them just before Rucker was to follow him onstage.  I will be divorcing country music.  I cannot support a venue that supports racism.  I would remind those in country music that many of the old timers that gave them this foundation were Native Americans.  Loretta Lynn, her grandfather was Cherokee.  Many from the old South were at least part Native American and this racism is a slap in the fact to them as well.  Their ancestors suffered genocide at the hands of the whites in this country.  The biggest black eye on this country is what the whites did to the Native Americans.  They were murdered, starved, had their lands stolen.  And this fool stands up on that stage and spouts racism.  Yep. Done.

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