Accidental Racist

People are making a big deal out of the song, “Accidental Racist” by Brad Paisley featuring LL Cool J. In the song, Brad is a country artists who sings that his shirt and his ways are not racist that his generation has nothing to do with the Civil War. LL Cool J is a rapper that sings in response that they are both judging and that they shouldn’t do it anymore. In our readings from class, we learned that country music has a story that relates to your life. This could be love, death, or in this case…conflict. Country music loves to bring up issues and sing about them. Because this music is popular in culture it’s a good way to get the message across. We learned that Hip Hop music is about the lifestyle of power, money, and the lifestyle of gangs and ghettos. This relates to the Accidental Racist because all of these songs judge people by their cover. The controversy is that one side doesn’t want slavery and racism brought up and others think it’s a good idea to talk about it now after all these years. It bothers people because they don’t want conflict. Others like to talk about it because they want their world to be peaceful. My view on this is that it is a good message to get across but I don’t like how it was a song. The lyrics are somewhat meaningful but the beat and word choice was weird. I believe there is other ways to get this across besides a song. I believe that this song still won’t change things between people