Luna's Neverending Rantage On Country Music & Racial Divides in America

[luna_k]

Okay, I'm watching the Vh1/MTV/CMT Relief Concert, and they're doing this little montage of celebrity reactions. I'm paraphrasing, but here's an idea of what they're saying:
++ (Black MTV VJ) - How can this be happening in America? What are we paying all these Federal organizations our taxes for

Comments

[roisinmachine]

Man. I mean. I know it exists. How can I not? It's out there. But I just don't know where the fuck this 'White America' is. I guess I got lost on the way to the weekly meeting or some such.

Also, I hate mainstream country music. Jingo jingo all the way.

[luna_k]

Heh, I just threw the term White America out there, because I've been listening to too much Eminem recently.

Also, I hate mainstream country music. Jingo jingo all the way.

I grew up on three staples of music: 80's pop from my mom, classic rock from my dad, and country/bluegrass from my grandparents. They introduced me to everything from Loretta Lynn to Hank Williams to the Judds. In the 80's/early 90's, the music was all about stuff like heartbreak and being on the farm and occasionally boot scoot boogying.

I don't know what the fuck happened, but I miss the old days.

[roisinmachine]

I totally wasn't dissing you for the use of the term because, as I said, I know it exists. I'm just honestly baffled at the fact that I seem to be so disconnected from it. It's so easy for me to be in a bubble with my liberal family and friends and (fairly) city.

[luna_k]

Oh sweetie, disconnect can be a beautiful thing. :) I know I'm grateful to be living in such a diverse, multicultural area. I can get authentic Salvadorean cuisine, real Pan Asian take-out and Kenyan baskets all in the same shopping center 5 miles away. It's fabulous.

I seriously get freaked out when there's nothing but white people for miles. It makes me feel so average and boring.

[photosinensis]

Go to Vidor, Texas. Or Santa Fe, Texas (yeah, we've got one of those, too). Places where the Klan is considered to be a pillar of the community and Dubya is thought to be "too liberal" because there are people in his cabinent who are non-white and/or female.

[roisinmachine]

I know. I just. Sometimes it hurts to think about how far we haven't come. Someday I will get out and find out what the rest of this country is really like. Then I'll decide.