Radical racism, much like racism in todays age, is alive as well and was just as alive and well in the 1890’s until around 1910. It has been and continues to be popular and celebrated in the more southern states. It is interesting to see how racism has grown and evolved over the years. Before it was very much a violent conflict and shown and paraded around the whole town to see. Today is has grown and evolved into more of a structural violence issue. What I find interesting is that tradition never strays. Southern states are still known for their “conservative ways” and the north is known for being “more liberal”. Those are fancy words that are suppose to define you one way and end up being a blanket statement over the little racism factor. In my opinion, it makes sense the we dicuss the importance of racism because black culture plays a prominent role in the music industry and American culture. How music has changed over the years and where the songs we listen to today stemmed from is not only a cool fact, but also an interesting one. For example, Race records began to appear in the 1920’s. Race records are basically sub category of records, marked to both white and black people. These produced things like Black Swan Records that specialixed in recording black artists, such as Bessie Smith. In addition to the race records, we also learn where the country music we listen to comes from; folk music. Fold music tells a story and is typically set in a rural setting and has more of a twang to a drawn out melody. This has grown into the country music, similar to how race records have transitioned into rap music and somewhat pop, depending on who you listen to today.