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Old 04-12-2013, 12:03 PM
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Re: "Accidental Racist" Brad Paisley/L.L. Kool Jay

To comment a little further...

We need to address these issues because we're not getting anywhere the way we're going. There are often prejudices drawn to see a black man with his pants sagging and a do rag on. That represents a certain lifestyle and mindset in many peoples minds and, yes, that is a prejudice because it PRE judges the person... and that is wrong.

But the very same thing goes on when someone wears a shirt and doesn't realize there is a Confederate flag on it or when someone even proudly flies their Confederate flag. The south is very proud of the heritage that we have and please note that slavery isn't one of the things we're proud of. There is much more to be proud of in our heritage. But when someone sees the flag they jump to the same conclusions and exert the same prejudices as mentioned above.

The song is addressing the fact that all sides hold firmly to their own prejudices and we're getting nowhere some century and a half into the struggle. We're like 2 gunslingers demanding that the other put their gun down first. This is getting nowhere and I applaud these man for having the intestinal fortitude to raise the question.
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