Many know that I'm not a fan or Country Music or Rap music... So my interest in Accidental Racist with Brad Paisley and LL Cool J came as a surprise. ( frankly I've always though LL Cool J was nice to look at, but I have never been a fan of his music).
Controversy is brewing around this song. Since I really do love a little controversy, I had to know more. I looked up the lyrics and watched a couple of news spots about this song. Brad Paisley was on Ellen talking about his song.
As a collective we never want to admit thy we are all a little racist without realizing it. Every person will swear that a racist none doesn't exist in his or her body. This song calls bull shit. We may not hate other races and may have a best friend of another race that doesn't mean that we don't make choice that are racially insensitive.
We have all said or at least thought that we are tired of paying for the mistakes of our ancestors. We have all thought about how we have been treated because of our ancestors. We have all thought about our gender and sexual orientation affects our treatment even today.
I'm not saying that racism is right. I am saying that we ALL need to learn a little more acceptance. We all need to look forward, not backward. Our present does not have to marred by events of our past.
We could learn a lot from this collaboration of a country musician and rap icon.
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