Commentary: With his ‘Small Town’ song, Jason Aldean chooses to inflame Americans rather than unite them
With images of people rioting, burning American flags and assaulting police officers, country star Jason Aldean has courted outrage with his new song and video “Try That in a Small Town.” Perhaps that was his goal, as nothing sells like controversy and press attention, but it seems like a missed opportunity for healing.
The song doesn’t come out and say anything specifically about Black Americans, and Aldean’s video shows a few white rioters and looters along with several who are Black. But one doesn’t need a degree to realize that the song is blaming Black people for these
