Segregation to Integration
Segregation is a topic in general that frustrates me and that is hard for me to grasp. The color of someone’s skin should not have anything to do with how they are treated, but this is not the world we live in. Political segregation was much stronger than popular segregation in the past, therefore, I believe music was one of the things that helped to bring people together.
As we discussed before, the minstrel shows were meant to show the black culture through their music. I believe this was a step towards integrated cultures. Even though in my opinion the shows were insulting to the black culture and amplified the stereotypes put on black people. Another way music has helped to bring cultures together is the instruments, which were native to other parts of the country. Like the steel guitar from Hawaii.
The media is the message can definitely apply to music and how different styles have their own twist/sound. The song “Honky Tonkin’ “is sung with a heavy accent or known as yodeling to make it clearly sound like country music, however, the lyrics have nothing to do with anything to what “the country” is. What the message is, does not matter, it is how the message is delivered.