Tennessee NAACP Denounces Jason Aldean Video
Tennessee NAACP Denounces Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ Video For “Promoting Racism,” Twitter Reacts
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The Tennessee chapter of the civil rights org is strongly condemning the country singer — President Gloria Sweet-Love tells us Jason’s tone, his message and the imagery he’s using are all deeply offensive to people of color, especially Black people. Sweet-Love says the Tennessee State Conference NAACP, as an organization, finds the song/music vid for “Try That in a Small Town” awful and racist. She adds, in their eyes, the lyrics are bad enough, but Aldean’s adding insult to injury by filming the video in front of the Maury County Courthouse in Columbia, TN … where a Black man was lynched in 1927.Making matters worse — GSL says the KKK has recently been hanging flyers in that town as well, and Aldean’s project is only adding unneeded fuel to a fire.Sweet-Love goes on to say she believes Aldean’s track is clearly promoting racism and violence, adding Tennessee doesn’t need that — instead, she says the focus of artists should be uniting people, and protecting their children and communities.So, what do y’all think? Is the song/video as racist as people say, or did CMT overreact by pulling it from its platform? See how Twitter’s reacting below:
