Today we talked about the radio show Lum and Abner. They were orginally a Minstrel show who impersonated hillbillies and did everything the same. They later won a national radio show as the result. I found this really amazing that people actually wanted to listen to people perform Minstrel shows. It continues to blow my mind that people found it socially acceptable as well as entertaining.

After discussing that we talked about different tyoes of music such as blues and folk music. I’ve been exposed to all types of music since I’ve been singing for almost 10 years. It was also interesting to learn about the Quakers since they did not believe in an authority other than God. I found this to be interesting as well and ws impressed that Quakers still existed in the United States. All in all, everything we learned today both amazed and impressed me. Though not both at the same time.