Mickey Guyton Asks Country Music Industry and Fans to Imagine Being ‘Black Like Me’

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As the foremost Black woman in country music — and one who is still waiting to enjoy a big radio hit, despite a series of buzzy singles over the last five years — Mickey Guyton has sometimes felt s…

has sometimes felt she faced the “double whammy” of race and gender, to the point where she says she’s often felt like she was “walking on eggshells” in always putting on a friendly face for the genre’s gatekeepers.

I wish that were the truth. I appreciate him trying to write that, but I don’t think everybody is color-blind, or else we wouldn’t be in this position. How did you feel about some of the more positive things country artists have said on social media about people of color in the last month or two? Do you feel like it’s real, or is it token?

Some of the anger I’ve seen [from suggesting that people] say “I support Black lives” … I’ve seen comments like “I’m no longer supporting you.” Why? If I said I support white lives, would you support me? Because I do care about everybody’s life, but right now Black lives a lot of the times are not considered and not cared about as much. And … it’s just heavy. There’s a harsh reality that I’m seeing that has added to my sadness. I knew it was already there, but it’s so blatant and it’s so open.

The label is trying to help me and position me; they’re on my side of trying to spark change. But in the same sense, there’s been discussions about, “Okay, what happens if you start getting hate mail? We need to talk about having security for her if she starts getting death threats.” That was a conversation at one point. And that was terrifying for me.

 

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