July 26th 2023.
Destinee Stark, a TikToker with over 127,000 followers, has been receiving racist and violent hate mail from Jason Aldean fans after she condemned the song “Try That in a Small Town”. Stark had made a video speaking out against the seemingly racist tone of the video’s content. She was hoping that Aldean would rebuke the racist comments, but he has not made any statement condemning his fans.
Stark was shocked when she woke up to thousands of messages after posting the video. She had received messages with racist slurs, fatphobic remarks, and death threats. The worst of these threats was someone threatening to hang her in their backyard.
In response to the backlash, Stark took to Instagram to say that although she had expected people to be angry with her commentary, she didn't expect her life and the lives of her family to be threatened. She wrote, “This is NOT okay. EVER.”
Aldean had made a statement on July 18 stating that there was “not a single lyric on the song that references race”. However, Stark believes that the video is full of subtle manifestations of racism and she decided to share her opinion in order to educate people on where Aldean went wrong.
The controversy surrounding “Try That in a Small Town” has reached dangerous levels and Stark is hoping that Aldean and his fans will be more mindful of their words and actions in the future.
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