The history of the blues stems back to the Mississippi Delta, and black culture, slavery, and Juke Joints. The role of race in today's blues was discussed during "Race, Gender & the Blues," an open-to-the-public symposium held recently at Dominican University. Sharon Schneider forwarded this link  from the Chicago Tribune website, and mentioned it might be controversial...

Race, Gender and the Blues

If it gets ya thinkin, leave a comment below. Perhaps we'll get a dialog going...