A post on Instagram is making its way through the country community and to see all of the country artists reaching out is exactly why I love country music! Yesterday (06/02) was a day in which many different industries including the country music industry wanted to:
“collectively reflect on what we as a company can do to put action towards change, and we will be taking steps in the coming weeks and months”.
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Here’s what really opened my eyes and I say that because I never thought of it through the viewpoint of someone in the minority when it comes to being a fan at a country concert.
I’m not going to quote her because I don’t want to take away anything from this post, I just want you to spend a minute reading and then digesting what she had to say.
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It breaks my heart that at a country music concert instead of enjoying every single song, dancing to her favorites and singing at the top of her lungs she has to worry first about a racial slur that might be yelled at her or even worse.
Concerts for me have become such a special event because when you walk into the venue, everything else in the world is put on hold. Shouldn’t that the be same for everyone in attendance? YES!
Music is such an amazing thing that it should be something that draws us together, whether it makes us dance, cry, or drink it’s such a powerful thing and unfortunately there are fans that are not getting the full experience because “unconsciously I think quickly in my head moments before I stand up”.
I love everyone! I love sharing country music with everyone. I hope you can hear that when you’re listening from 3 pm to 7 pm and I will always, ALWAYS spread the LOVE so hard that it suffocates the hate!