04/14/20: Chapter 12: Music/Racism and Cultural Appropiation

Music with the mix of race is very very prominent among anyone who really listens to music. Society associates many music genres with a certain race and the couple of people who actually venture out to a different genre that is not typical to their skin tone usually is describes as being “that race at heart”. Music I feel is a very easy way into fitting in with a certain group for example I remember being in 7th grade and listening to the radio because back then the “aux” was not that common. I remember listening to music I had NO clue what they were talking about but because my older cousin would listen to it I started to because I wanted to fit in with her age I didn’t want to be the one listening to like little girl music. Music is also a way for many people to express themselves in a way of connecting to the world . For example I listened to this rapper named Mozzy from Sacramento he was heavily popular in my early high school years but I associated myself with his music so much because I felt as if his music was directed towards me. He spoke about his life struggles in a lyrical way that I was able to relate to my past but many people always was telling me I didn’t look like the type of girl to listen to him. As time went on people began to know that I listen to this type of music but many people thought it didn’t fit me because they didn’t realize I related to his lyrics I think they saw my skin tone and figured I’m so privileged I don’t even really know what struggling is which is false. The status that music puts people in is very different according to music genre, we think of country music and many people associate that with white people and it is a genre they can all exactly agree on. Cultural expression to me is by different types of genres and societies norm on exactly when to listen to a certain type of music like the saying goes “There’s a certain time and place for something.”