A new mural honoring Dolly Parton has gone up in Nashville, Tennessee after the country icon voiced her opinions on the Black Lives Matter movement.
Nashville-based artist Kim Radford painted the new mural, named "Queen of Country," outside of the famous 5 Spot on Forrest Avenue in East Nashville. The mural was completed on August 14, one day after she started painting.
"The day before I finished the mural, Dolly had an amazing press release about her upcoming Christmas album and her interview with Billboard. As I painted the final touches I knew her sassy loving quote -- 'Of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little White a**es are the only ones that matter?' -- would be a perfect finish to send out in my neighborhood," Radford told CNN.
In a recent interview, Parton voiced her support for the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing protests over racial injustice in America.
"I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen," Parton said, adding, "And of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little white a---- are the only ones that matter? No!"
Radford explained that she chose the mural location in her community because it's a place where many new artists move as they pursue their music careers.
"It's a magical little dive bar and Dolly adds the mojo this neighborhood needed," she said.
In Parton's recent interview, she also explained the reason she chose to change the name of her Dixie Stampede attraction to Dolly Parton's Stampede after realizing the term "Dixie" was problematic.
"There’s such a thing as innocent ignorance, and so many of us are guilty of that," she said. "When they said 'Dixie' was an offensive word, I thought, 'Well, I don’t want to offend anybody. This is a business. We’ll just call it The Stampede.'"
"As soon as you realize that (something) is a problem, you should fix it," she continued. "Don’t be a dumba--. That’s where my heart is. I would never dream of hurting anybody on purpose."
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