A music professor at Hunter College in New York is claiming that the lyrics to Jason Aldean’s hit single “Try That in a Small Town” promote “anti-blackness,” sidestepping the fact that they make no references to race or skin color.
Philip Ewell, a professor of music theory at Hunter College, argued Aldean’s lyrics are chock full of anti-blackness in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter .
“Anybody really should understand that there’s a strong racial undertone to these lyrics,” he said. “Race is part of the lyrics. I think that’s pretty clear.” He cited some of the song’s lyrics, including “pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store.”
“Someone’s robbing a liquor store — in the American psyche, the person who’s doing that without saying it is a Black [sic] person, right?” Ewell said.“It’s just in our minds. It’s supposed to be that way. And when you paint that picture […]
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