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Brad Paisley: ‘Accidental Racist’ song about hardships of showing ‘Southern pride’

Country singer Brad Paisley explained to Entertainment Weekly that his new “Accidental Racist” song illustrated the difficulties of displaying his “Southern pride.”

“I just think art has a responsibility to lead the way, and I don’t know the answers, but I feel like asking the question is the first step, and we’re asking the question in a big way. How do I show my Southern pride? What is offensive to you?” Paisley said.

The country star performed the song with rapper LL Cool J to let “bygones be bygones” in regards to the South’s history of brutal racism, he explained. Paisley said he was “with my audience 100 percent in the Southern pride thing,” which he equated to LL Cool J’s devotion to the New York Yankees. He described the song as an attempt to “reconcile” white and black Americans.

In the song, Paisley laments that his Confederate flag t-shirt is only intended to show he is a “Skynyrd fan” and that the nation is still “fightin’ over yesterday.” He says he feels “caught between southern pride and southern blame.”

I seem to be missing the part where they have something to be proud about.