As someone from Kentucky, and with a majority of my father’s family being from Houston, I have a strong affinity with Black cowboy culture.
It’s ingrained in my family roots. The Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo shows great men and women from across this great land coming together as Americans to celebrate the Black rodeo from Oakland to Los Angeles to Forth Worth. I met a boy named Harold Williams, 12, who instantly caught my attention by how young he was when he first rode a horse. “I was 4 months old,” Harold said with a Southern drawl.
“If there is a ban on the rodeo in Los Angeles, then there is only a matter of time before other cities in California enforce the ban. The ban would take away a cultural event important to Black people coming together.” Matthew Marshall, a cowboy enthusiast from Long Beach, is also against the ban. He knows how a ban would affect their community. “I grew up loving the Western community. It’s ingrained in our community,” Marshall said. “You're not taking away from affluent areas.
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