I was always aware that Latin music is very popular in the United States, but I did not know the great
influence it has had on country music. I learned this while reading the article, Country Music Is Also
Mexian Music. In it, it says, “early forms of country music were born out of honky tonk, which was
adapted mostly from ragtime but also heavily influenced by Mexican ranchera music.” Due to the
exclusive nature of country music, only having white people sing country and also excluding singers
like Lil Nas X, I never thought there was a Latin influence. I think this shows how people don’t see
and acknowledge the heritage of musical genres and give credit where it’s due. I further think this
idea shows integrated the United States, even though people think otherwise and exclude individuals
of color for that reason.
In the interview conducted by Laina Dawes, she gives background on Mia Zapata, a rising
successful punk rock artist that relocated to Seattle. Although Seattle was known to be an open
grunge music scene accepting of all, Mia Zapata was raped and murdered. Although her community
got together to fight this issue, it was forgotten. Rozz Therrien said when they started researching,
“even then it wasn’t super clear...There was no sense on how the community responded outside of her
friends, and how it felt during that time.” Showing how people of color have constantly been
scrutinized in America and have never been given as much importance as white people. Further
showing that whatever industry a person is in, there is an inherently racist attitude in this culture
always forgetting the colored person behind the white person’s success.
I think especially in pop music, latin singers have become more mainstream and popular. I think
influences.
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