The country music star's new video has been heralded by conservatives but slammed by critics who call it racist.
on the U.S. iTunes chart as well as to the top of YouTube's trending music videos category. As the song's popularity grows, the debate continues about whether or not Aldean is promoting racism.Jason Aldean performs during day three of CMA Fest 2023 at Nissan Stadium on June 10, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. Aldean's latest video,"Try That in a Small Town," has ignited a controversy due to images some say are racist.
However, much of the racism accusations stem from Aldean appearing in the video with the Maury County Courthouse as his backdrop. The building in Columbia, Tennessee, was the location of race riots in 1946 and the 1927 lynching of an 18-year-old Black man named Henry Choate by a white mob.that he feels the video's setting was"no accident."
He accused the song of normalizing"racist, violence, vigilantism and white nationalism" while"glorifying a South we're trying to move forward from here in Tennessee."
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