Accidental Racist

The big deal over the accidental racist controversy seemed to be a few choice words sang or rapped by LL Cool J and Brad Paisley. One phrase that caused a bit of a stir was "If you forgive my gold chains, I'll forgive your steel chains." This means that in exchange for being able to wear gold chains, LL Cool J will forgive the dark age of slavery. Another phrase that was under scrutiny was Brad Paisley remarking that he didn't mean to be racist, he's just a Skynyrd Fan. Lynyrd Skynyrd, while not racist themselves, have a lot of fans who are racist. Even Skynyrd themselves pointed out in a concert that they believe that the confederate flag is racist.

I believe that we don't need to constantly be thinking about it but at the same time it should never be forgotten so something like that never happens again. This may not have been such a horrible song if they actually recorded in the same room instead of across the country from each other. I don't care for the song but I can see what they were trying to do with it.