Jason Aldean‘s hit music, and its accompanying music video, about small cities in America is sparking large debate throughout the nation … and, now the NAACP is becoming a member of the convo.
The Tennessee chapter of the civil rights org is strongly condemning the nation singer — President Gloria Candy-Love tells us Jason’s tone, his message and the imagery he is utilizing are all deeply offensive to folks of coloration, particularly Black folks.
Candy-Love says the Tennessee State Convention NAACP, as a company, finds the music/music vid for “Strive That in a Small City” terrible and racist.
She provides, of their eyes, the lyrics are dangerous sufficient, however Aldean’s including insult to damage by filming the video in entrance of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, TN … the place a Black man was lynched in 1927.
Making issues worse — GSL says the KKK has just lately been hanging flyers in that city as effectively, and Aldean’s undertaking is barely including unneeded gasoline to a fireplace.
Candy-Love goes on to say she believes Aldean’s observe is clearly selling racism and violence, including Tennessee would not want that — as a substitute, she says the main focus of artists needs to be uniting folks, and defending their youngsters and communities.
Whereas Aldean appears to be inviting rancor … Candy-Love says he ought to, as a substitute, apologize now — echoing what loads of others have stated about this, together with Sheryl Crow.
As we have reported … JA himself has vehemently denied selling any racism or violence within the music — and says it solely displays the group he is acquainted with … to not point out sentiments he says folks he is aware of share. In different phrases, he ain’t strolling again something.
CMT has already yanked the music/vid from rotation … and Candy-Love says TN’s NAACP chapter appreciates that gesture, telling us it was the correct transfer all issues thought-about.
