Prejudice in Sonny's Blues

On the content page race was listed as one of the notable prejudices. As race is still an issue today. One thing that i'm gonna look into is the prejudice that musicians are involved with drugs. The reason i'll focus on this is because it was relevant in the time period of Sonny's Blues, the 1950s. Also, it's stated in the reading when Sonny writes to his brother, the narrator. Sonny writes to his brother "I don't want you to think that it had anything to do with me being a musician." Sonny is referring to his drug abuse and how he ended up in rehab. He says this to his brother because I believe that musicians were labeled to drugs in that era due to the uprising of LSD and other narcotics. I think today many people still have that perception. Especially when it comes to a lot of today's hip hop artists. Back then, it was more of the rock bands and then developed more into an assumption of the hip hop artists taking over. Today, all hip hop artists sing about are women, sex and drugs. Thus labeling themselves with drugs and the use of drugs in their lives. Much was the perception of musicians during the 1950s and continuing into today's artists. It doesn't say whether or not Sonny was in a rock band, we just know that he is pianist. However, the fact that he was associated with the label 'musician', he still fell and falls victim to that prejudice. It's hard to escape that label, and the things that are linked to those inside that label, and I think that's why Sonny mentions to his brother not to think that he's in rehab because he was involved in music.