Tuesday, July 18, 2023

When Ray Charles culturally appropriated Eddy Arnold

When Ray Charles culturally appropriated Eddy Arnold
"The Washington Post — owned by Jeff Bezos — ventured into country music this weekend. 
It did not go well because if there is one thing DC journalists know less than guns, it is country music.
The Bezos Post reported, “Tracy Chapman, Luke Combs and the complicated response to Fast Car.
“Combs’s remake of Chapman’s 1988 hit now dominates the country charts, renewing difficult conversations about diversity in Nashville.”
Difficult conversations is dog whistle racism by Bezos and his Post — at least according to my cat. I cannot hear dog whistles. 
The story’s unsubtle message is a country star is not allowed to record a song written by a black woman because, well, just because. 
How dare you ask!...

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