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  Wider reading on race and Old Town Road Read  this W Magazine deep dive on the Yeehaw agenda  and answer the following questions:  1) What are the visual cues the article lists as linked to the western genre?  Cowboy Hats  Cow prints Rhinestones  Fringed sued jackets 2) How did the Yeehaw agenda come about?  The trend of black pop-culture figures wearing cowboy garb 3) Why has it been suggested that the black cowboy has been 'erased from American culture'?  The image associated with American cowboys are overwhelmingly white. 4) How has the black cowboy aesthetic been reflected by the fashion industry? 2019 New York Fashion week- performers dressed in their best cowboy attire. Fall 2018 cowboy collaboration with REEBOK  5) Read the section on Lil Nas X and Old Town Road. What does it suggest about race and the country music community? It suggests that they probably don't consider "Old Town Road" as a western music genre because he is bl...

  Read  this Vox feature and podcast transcript on Lil Nas X and Old Town Road . Make sure you read the whole thing - including the podcast transcript - then answer the following questions:  1) What is the big debate regarding Old Town Road and genre? Whether or not it is considered a country song. 2) What do you learn about the background of Lil Nas X and Old Town Road from the podcast transcript? He's a rapper for Atlanta and has been calling himself "Lil Nas X" for several years. 3) What is the Yeehaw agenda? Representing black creators/ people in country music (prominently white music genre). 4) How did the story become a debate about race in America? After billboard removed the song from their list it became a race argument, despite them admitting it is not about the race and everything about the music their reasoning prevents black people in the genre to ever make it big from their definition. 5) How does Charlie Harding sum up the whole thing in the final part of t...