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Beyonce Backlash Is Part of a Century of Cowboy Gatekeeping
Beyoncé faces backlash in country music genre for not being 'cowboy' enough, challenging traditional notions of cowboy identity.
Historically, the cowboy image has been equated with whiteness, but the American West was racially diverse with Black cowboys central to the cattle industry. [ more ]