re: Oh poor thing - Beyonce 'did not feel welcomed' in country music

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I think a lot of y’all are off on using Charlie Pride as an example against Beyoncé. Both Charlie Pride and Freddy Fender were minorities who made inroads into country music, but they didn’t blaze any sort of trail for more minority singers after them. They were outliers.

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Guess you don't realize the climate of the times when Charlie Pride and Freddy Fender were making inroads in country music. There was so much racial tension back then---WAY more than there is now even though so many blacks will want you to think otherwise.

It was a hell of a lot harder for them to do what they did under the societal situations they faced. Hell, there were times Charlie Pride couldn't even get hotel rooms with the crew he was traveling with when on tour due to being black.

It took Faron Young on several occasions to threaten some businesses to get them to comply and he became one of Charlie Pride's best friends.