The fact that there was such a thing as race records made sense to me because of the time period but also made me very sad. As someone who played instruments for seven years, I very strongly believe that all music is for everyone. When Prof. O’Malley said that if he had wanted to buy a record from the “race” section his friends would have laughed and asked what he was doing. I can only imagine what would happen if a black person tried to buy from the “white” music section.

The idea of music being sold to people based of their race begs the question; is music for specific people? This is still brought up in modern time. Some of my black friends got into my car one day and made a comment that I “listen to blacker music than them.” I know that “black music” is still a thing but, it struck me as weird that it was weird for me to listen to it. I’ve also seen lots of white people ironically listen to rap music as a joke. There is definitely such  a thing as black music still but I do not believe it is only for black people. I believe all music is for all people.