Certainly, they're not aimed at WASPs in Suburbia or Bible thumpers in the Midwest. After all, one doesn't increase sales by hawking his product to those unlikely to buy it. If the attention paid to its title had been paid to its message, maybe we all would have been spared that airing. This is quite possible. I won't, for a moment, defend the actions of the police in the Rodney King incident.
Music is the easiest way to reach the greatest numbers.
Even the greatest books won't reach the audience numbers that can be affected by music. That's difficult to believe. American animosity towards Jews is mainly a religious issue. Attitudes towards Blacks are quite different due to the history of slavery in this country. Without the depredations of slavery, Blacks would probably be viewed in the same manner that Asians or Hispanics are today by the White majority.