A country song, assumptions _ and a racial outcry

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A country song, assumptions _ and a racial outcry

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/country-song-assumptions-racial-outcry-204403854.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hmfyQR31CS1i1QCGbRrWbQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/09e67e21351dc40c2e0f6a706700c5c6.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This combination of file photos shows Brad Paisley, left, in Hollywood, Calif. on Nov. 1, 2011 and LL Cool J in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2013. Southern white men don't usually drive racial dialogue. For as long as race has riven America, they have been depicted more often as the problem than the solution. So the country music star must have been unsurprised at the days of widespread criticism of his new song “Accidental Racist,” which details the challenges facing a “white man from the southland” and then features LL Cool J rapping a black perspective. (Photos by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)" align="left" title="FILE - This combination of file photos shows Brad Paisley, left, in Hollywood, Calif. on Nov. 1, 2011 and LL Cool J in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2013. Southern white men don't usually drive racial dialogue. For as long as race has riven America, they have been depicted more often as the problem than the solution. So the country music star must have been unsurprised at the days of widespread criticism of his new song “Accidental Racist,” which details the challenges facing a “white man from the southland” and then features LL Cool J rapping a black perspective. (Photos by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)" border="0" /></a>Southern white men don't usually drive racial dialogue. For as long as race has riven America, they have been depicted more often as the problem than the solution.</p><br clear="all"/>

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