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Originally posted by Vlad Spears
No.
Music shouldn't be about race. Miley said nothing bad in this statement, she said exactly what y'all have been begging her to stick to - pop. She said she's a singer therefore she's not going to do rap music. Y'all are twisting it and turning it into something because Miley has y'all very pressed.
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You sound like one of those white-washed Blacks who could have the Klan themselves come burn down your house and claim it wasn't racism.
Bottom line is, what Miley said was IGNORANT. Miley is your typical white girl born and raised your average White "all-American" family. I will put money on it that Miley has had very little exposure to any sort of Black culture throughout her life.
And the problem is that instead exploring Urban music and developing a genuine passion for it's beauty like artists such as Robin Thicke, Joss Stone, Justin Timberlake, Teena Marie have, she's associating Black art and music with "twerking", big bootys, and grills. She's essentially using these underclass roots as a means for her to promote whatever awkward, try-hard attempt to break out of her Disney mold.
So yes, when she equates being or sounding Black to lower-class culture, it is offensive. And it doesn't matter what you think. Race is still a factor in music and always will be. This is what she thinks of YOU.