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I've been exposed to and loved all kinds of music. From classical, Calypso/Soca, pop, rock, R&B, soul, Motown, hip-hop, to sea shanties and Gregorian chants. Country too. What I hate are the narrowly defined assumptions around Country including about patriotism. 1/
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Whenever it became associated with white conservatism is why I don't generally say to people I don't know that "I like country". All music tends to be more about specific songs vs genre for me. Artists I like sometimes make songs I don't. But "Country" (in this country) is
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loaded with assumptions. If you like it you're patriotic. If you don't, you're not. And that definition of patriotism hardened, especially in the "for us or against us" Bush era. I wonder how many of those "patriots" some of whom never served, know that people like
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ICE-T are veterans? Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia, Shaggy, MC Hammer...all veterans. So I look forward to people who think that Country is theirs, that Country is white, that Country is conservative, losing their sh*t over Beyonce and she and other artists breaking
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the perception that it's that narrowly defined. #RandomThoughts

Shared this "elsewhere" and it was suggested I share here too!
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Plus Kenny, Kenny and Dolly...I still (badly) sing "Islands in the Stream" at the top of my lungs!
In response to 💜 Callie 💜.
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