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No. Back then a lot of people were racist but Elvis Presley was not one of them . He was very influenced by black people's music and his backing singers were always black . The rumours that he was a racist were completelt false .Only people that dont like Elvis say he was a racist. I have seen clips of Elvis Talking to the black singers before some of his shows and in them he seems very kind and polite to them and treated them as equals . Why would a racist sing black music ? He also grew up with a lot of black people. If you ask me I think Elvis was way ahead of his time . He was one of the more open minded celebrities of his time and he was open to change .

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When I was growing up in the South in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s I considered Elvis to be a racist, until I joined the military and started thinking for myself. My conclusion is that Elvis was an innocent victim of the era of segregation, like many musicians during that time. Black musicians were developing a new radical form of music but were not allowed in White clubs to sing it. The music was a hit among the young white population but they were being censored in how they responded to it. The industry needed a white face and so Elvis was born. Black musicians were upset at first because they felt like he was stealing their music and getting the credit for it, therefore he became a racist. Mature Black musicians like BB King and Bobby Blue Bland and others were grateful to Elvis because he opened many doors for them by recognizing them as originators and mentors. Elvis took the new music and added his own flavor and created a cross over form of music later titled rock-n-roll. Musical creativity was on the rise back then. Black musician took White gospel, added their flavor and made it Black Gospel. There was nothing racist about. It was the same music with a different flavor, targeted at a totally different population which became acceptable by all groups.

After a while Elvis only problem was Little Richard who felt he should have gotten the title of “King of Rock-n-Roll.”

that's what I've heard, but who's to know? I just know that a lot of mexican people don't like him because supposedly when he was filming a movie in Acapulco, he said he would never kiss a Mexican. But of course, this is just what i've heard.

I have no idea, if he was racist then why would he sing black music

Yes I heard. He said he wouldn't let a ****** even shine his shoes... that's what I was told

I don't think so, but I really think Priscilla was.

Yes, he said mexicans were ugly, which is so not true.

yes and he stole black people's moves and music. his wife pricilla was too.

No.