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Frankie Staton – a Nashville musician who worked to increase diversity and inclusion in country music – do not think Morgan Wallenis really getting what it deserves … and it looks a lot like what is described as white privilege.
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Staton – who co-founded the Black Country Music Association in an effort to produce black country stars – is not among people willing to accept Wallen’s apology for using the word n … at least not so readily.
She suggests that Wallen’s situation is more of a social issue, but the consequences he is experiencing demonstrate the difference in a rush between a popular white celebrity … and someone else.
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To prove her point, she mentions how Wallen’s popularity and sales are shooting even though dropping a racial slur … so it looks like your career will not be adversely affected by your actions.
We ask if she thinks this is fair – Frankie says “not really”. However, she says she doesn’t like to see other musicians’ careers go down the drain because of a mistake … but as a black woman, she points out what Wallen said is unacceptable.
Frankie is pressing Nashville to start holding people accountable for things like this in the future.