Border Corridos And Badman Ballads

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Border corridos and Badman ballads contain different styles, however, were shaped by similar social and cultural factors in history, such as interethnic conflict and discrimination. Border corridos and Badman ballads emerged from the oppression of a particular ethnic group and reflected the events that were occurring during those times. Although the Badman ballads and Border corridos portray relevant events to those times, there is no certainty the events happened in history.
Border corridos revolve around the Texas-Mexico border and illustrate the effects of the Mexican-American War. Since Mexico lost the War and the state of Texas, the Rio Grande became the national border. As a result, Mexicans who lived on the other side of the river …show more content…

The Jim Crow Laws were "a series of rigid anti-black laws" which "cursed" blacks to be "servants"(Pilgrim). Blacks were not treated equally and constantly under the eyes of authority, which is what the Badman ballad portrays. The Badman ballad emerged to contrast the "oppressive white system" which the "badman" "exploits and defeats" (Roberts, 327). Badman ballads portray the "rejection of a dominant society" and a "cathartic response to oppression"(Davis, Lecture). Both the Badman ballad and the Border corrido portray interethnic conflict, however they contain different stylistic …show more content…

For this reason, the authenticity can be questioned (Davis, Lecture). Different people can manipulate the narratives to fit their viewpoint. In the Badman ballad, "Railroad Bill", Morris Slater is portrayed as a murderous and reckless man, however according to Roberts, "the facts of the life of Morris Slater" actually prove he was a "man of the people" with "good heart" (Roberts,317-318). The items he stole from the trains, he would sell to the impoverished at cheaper prices. Slater, in real life, was a "noble outlaw", but the narrative of the ballad says otherwise. The Badman ballad inaccurately portrays Morris Slater's real life. As a result, the narrative is not faithful to real life

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