Dolly Parton Speaks Out: ‘Of Course Black Lives Matter’
Country music legend Dolly Parton has spent the last few years reckoning with the state of the country and her place in it. In 2018, Parton renamed her Dixie Stampede as simply Dolly Parton’s Stampede after attention to…
Country music legend Dolly Parton has spent the last few years reckoning with the state of the country and her place in it. In 2018, Parton renamed her Dixie Stampede as simply Dolly Parton’s Stampede after attention to the term “Dixie” and its confederate roots.
And in a long profile with Billboard Magazine, Parton spoke about social justice issues.
When asked about Black Lives Matter, Parton responded, “I’m not out here to tell you what to do, I don’t want you to tell me what to do. But I just do what my heart tells me to do. I ask God to lead me and direct me and if I’ve got his direction, I don’t have to worry too much about anything else.”
Moments later, she added:
“Of court Black lives matter. Do we think our little white a**es are the only ones that matter? No. Everybody matters.”
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On renaming her “Dixie Stampede,” Parton told the music magazine, “When they said ‘Dixie’ was an offensive word, I thought, ‘Well, I don’t want to offend anybody. This is a business. We’ll just call it The Stampede.”
She added, “As soon as you realize that is a problem, you should fix it. Don’t be a dumba**. That’s where my heart is. I would never dream of hurting anybody on purpose.”
In June of 2020, The Dixie Chicks followed Parton’s lead and