Discussion on Racism in Country Music

Well, I'm just a good old American boy with a heart that's red, white, and true

Dreaming of the girl with the red hair and freckles

in her eyes like the skies of blue Country music!

Yeah, I grew up in Texas, you know, so... Alright.

Keep her safe from the homies in the wrong side of town

Where they're smoking the reefer and acting like clowns

Keep that pretty white dress from getting dirty and brown

Cause that's the American way Woo-hoo! Oh, pretty racist song.

Racist against who? Black people.

Black people? But I'm black!

Well,

keeping the red-headed girl away from the homies on the wrong side of town. Homies?

Come on, brother, this is all kinds of homies.

You know, white homies, Asian homies.

Nah, homies are black.

No, I think you're making them black, man.

I mean, I think that's your stuff. You hear the twang,

and then you assume that it's racist.

But that's just what country music is like.

Here, look, you're gonna like this one. You'll like this one. Alright.

Some folks wear their hats way off to the side

With their pants down low and a gun tucked inside Take

their beer by the forty and their chicken deep fried

I think we all know who we're talking about

The only dark I like is when I turn off the lights

The only hood I love is pointy and white

Can't trust you if I can't see your face at night

I think we all know who we're talking about

Wait, wait, hey. Stop that. That's racist.

What's what? What is racist about it?

The only hood I love is pointy and white? Yeah, man.

Let's talk about the Klan, man.

The Ku Klux Klan?

Are you outside of your mind? That's traditional country music imagery, man.

Like a pickup truck or sleeping under the stars

Or your dog got killed or your wife left you. Same thing.

I would have been fine with any of those things.

What is the difference between those things and what is in the song? They're not racial.

Hey, you know what? Can I just say something, man? I'm just gonna be frank.

You're getting a little, like, Al Sharpton, like, um, Farrakhan on me right now, man.

Oh, my God. Are you serious? Dude, dude, please.

Hey, can I do one more? Let me just do one more, dog.

I absolutely promise you that this song is not racist and it's impossible for you to misinterpret it as such.

Okay, it seems like you're about to sing the most racist song so far. I'm not.

Hide it, lie it, lie it, lie it. Get me a rope and find me a tree.

Okay, I'm out.

Come on, man. Hey!