I don't know a lot about early American Music, but race and other social issues are not usually mentioned when you read about it, which is unfortunate because it is essentially what made the music what it is. (You can't have music without incorporating something about the culture you are living in) They are difficult issues to talk about and most people would rather leave it out of the history, which is why I'm glad this book included the topics. Touchy topics are not only left out of music history, but also in high school textbooks where it should be important to teach about them.
Looking back at this history, which was shorter than one hundred years ago, it seems unfeasible that these sorts of things were happening at the time when our grandparents and great grandparents were living. Because music was becoming such a big part of their popular culture (as it is today), it gives us a better view of how our ancestors see the world with racial tendencies.
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