“Try That In A Small Town” Should Have Been Called “Only White People Allowed”

Jason Aldean might as well have grabbed a megaphone and screamed, “White people only! Everyone else get out! Or else!”

Savannah Worley
AfroSapiophile
Published in
6 min readAug 1, 2023

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Jason Aldean speaking with attendees at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona on December 19, 2002. Aldean is wearing a black leather cowboy hat and a black leather jacket. He is holding a microphone, appearing to be speaking.
Jason Aldean speaking with attendees at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona on December 19, 2022. Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Try That In A Small Town?

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Savannah Worley
AfroSapiophile

Essayist who writes about social justice, racism, and mental health | she/her | Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/skworley