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<blockquote data-quote="CeeCee72" data-source="post: 441454" data-attributes="member: 5055">First off, I wholeheartedly agree bro-country is an abomination.My comment about country music being racist and sexist has let to do with the artists themselves or the music and lyrics as it does with the machine of the industry. In the 70s, 80s, and 90s, country music was almost downright progressive in the way that the industry treated women. We had numerous female super stars who were just as celebrated and promoted as their male counterparts. Sometime in the early 2000s, the industry as a whole decided we could only have one or two &quot;girl singers&quot; in the spotlight. Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood were crowned and other, equally talented women were shunned and actually oppressed by the industry. Then a few years ago, the industry crowned Lainey Wilson as queen and other women were pushed to the side. Thankfully, that does seem to be changing a bit with the massive success of Ella Langley and Meghan Mulroney and other female artists.As for the racist part, yeah, again, it&#039;s the industry. For years, we had Darius Rucker as a token black artist while others were basically held down.Toby Keith can sing about boots in asses all day and David Alan Coe can be a racist pig, but that&#039;s their right. It&#039;s when the machine of the industry conspires to crown a chosen few as tokens and deliberately hold down others that I get testy. That just seems to be more of a problem in country music than in other genres.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CeeCee72, post: 441454, member: 5055"] First off, I wholeheartedly agree bro-country is an abomination. My comment about country music being racist and sexist has let to do with the artists themselves or the music and lyrics as it does with the machine of the industry. In the 70s, 80s, and 90s, country music was almost downright progressive in the way that the industry treated women. We had numerous female super stars who were just as celebrated and promoted as their male counterparts. Sometime in the early 2000s, the industry as a whole decided we could only have one or two "girl singers" in the spotlight. Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood were crowned and other, equally talented women were shunned and actually oppressed by the industry. Then a few years ago, the industry crowned Lainey Wilson as queen and other women were pushed to the side. Thankfully, that does seem to be changing a bit with the massive success of Ella Langley and Meghan Mulroney and other female artists. As for the racist part, yeah, again, it's the industry. For years, we had Darius Rucker as a token black artist while others were basically held down. Toby Keith can sing about boots in asses all day and David Alan Coe can be a racist pig, but that's their right. It's when the machine of the industry conspires to crown a chosen few as tokens and deliberately hold down others that I get testy. That just seems to be more of a problem in country music than in other genres. [/QUOTE]

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