The social construction of racial formation classified racial groups and formed a negative social identity. Skin color and pigment are used to categorize certain individuals as causing oppression. Black music and the blues were used as an art form to escape the oppression imposed on them based on their skin color. Our society has constructed a black/white color line that forces an obvious uprising of racism. The media has had a great impact on racial oppression and other development issues involving the black/white color line. Music was a crucial survival method for slaves by creating a new, separate language. The blues was a huge liberating foundation of this separate language. Musical history is essential to understand because it involves the importance of our history. Different variations of music were formed from the blues which was the spiritual ideal. Blues ideals and black music, spiritual values were liberating for African Americans during their time
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