Conservative65
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Let me reword that, there are no FAMOUS female black country western singers because of the audience involved.
Why is it the fault of the audience because black females can't sing country music?
Who says they can't?
Of course, audience bias is only one possible cause. Rather than bias, it may have to do more with audience demographics; if there aren't that many black country fans (and I have no idea if there are or not) that would make it less likely to find black country musicians.
Are there many non-white country artists in general?
I see this as similar to heavy metal, particularly the more extreme varieties. The audience tends to be mostly white, so the artists tend to be mostly white. There's no reason black, hispanic, Asian, Native American, or any other race/ethnicity can't perform the music. However, I imagine most musicians would play music they are a fan of, rather than trying to get into a genre they don't care for.
It's unfortunate, as music is something that I think should be "color-blind." Race and ethnicity have nothing to do with whether someone can enjoy music.
Apparently, there has been at least one female black country singer to get some popularity in recent years, Mickey Guyton. Mickey Guyton and the trailblazing black women of country music
Nice.
I think the stigma lies in the fact that most black people have been programmed to believe that hillbilly music is "racist."
Yet how many songs done by black rappers includes a TERM they call racists yet justify as not being racist because blacks used that TERM?