Tag Archives: Prejudice

Far between sundown’s finish and midnight’s broken toll

Posted on December 15, 2024 by Stephen Shellard

I saw a post on Facebook recently, an excoriation of racism. Maybe I thought it a little self-righteous in its sentiment, but I couldn’t think of any comment that wouldn’t itself seem a little self-righteous.  I don’t really know the … Continue reading →

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Not enough pride in Charlie Pride…

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Stephen Shellard

Country is a genre dominated by white musicians and rooted in the communities of the deep south where, as Charlie Pride’s career was just starting off, segregation was still openly defended and the old attitudes of prejudice still lingered. Somehow Charlie Pride navigated these alligator swamps without anger, or bitterness. Continue reading →

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