The racial inequities of the music business during the swing era had allowed white dance band musicians to earn a comfortable living while denying the same economic opportunities to black musicians. Black swing bands were routinely forced to play lesser paying gigs, had to travel farther to get to them, and, particularly in the South, had to deal with racial indignities, stereotypes, segregation, and in some cases violence.

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15 June, 01:39

The racial inequities of the music business during the swing era had allowed white dance band musicians to earn a comfortable living while denying the same economic opportunities to black musicians. Black swing bands were routinely forced to play lesser paying gigs, had to travel farther to get to them, and, particularly in the South, had to deal with racial indignities, stereotypes, segregation, and in some cases violence.

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Jace Kline · Answer 1

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swing music brought both white and black audiences and musicians together in new ways.

But swing's capacity to unite hardly overcame entrenched racism. swing music and culture nevertheless built bridges between black, white and Hispanic listeners. American popular culture, famously, is far more pluralistic, more diverse, more tolerant and more dynamic than American legal or political culture