Racial discrimination was far worse during the 50’s and 60’s in music especially when it came to black African American artists. The music would be taken from them and covered by white people in order for it to appeal to white audiences. Black musicians would be paid very little or not at all while it was the white musicians benefiting financially from the music. It was at a time when black musicians would have little or no creative rights. 

Today things are obviously not that extreme, however they still have to deal with race issues in music.

Music such as rap and R&B is considered black music, preformed by mostly black musicians for a predominately black audience. The lyrics and videos are nearly always based around gun crime, domestic abuse, drug use and criminal behavior. It’s not just white people using music to display these stereotypes, black people also portray themselves in this way as well due to what is portrayed as the way of life in the media. Black rappers play in to the stereotypes set by the mass media such as disrespecting women, gun crime etc. It’s not just African Americans that are subject to racial and ethnic discrimination. Unfortunately nearly all races and ethnic groups are discriminated against in some way or other. 

Examples of Micro aggression:

Here, students quote the things people have said to them ("You're so lucky to be black — so easy to get into college," and "You can't be a woman if you can't reproduce,") and vent about their frustrations with the types of comments they have to field ("'What are you?' is not an introduction").

MLA citing-
Desmond-Harris, Jenée. “What Exactly Is a Microaggression?” Vox, 16 Feb. 2015, www.vox.com/2015/2/16/8031073/what-are-microaggressions.

https://www.vox.com/2015/2/16/8031073/what-are-microaggressions