Thanks to all who commented about the word "pretty".

I understood that Kevin's second use of "pretty" meant "rather" when I first read that sentence. As I mentioned, it was the word "dodgy" whose meaning I wasn't certain of.

And I understand from Kevin's post of 21 Dec 08 - 03:38 PM that his first use of "pretty" was a typo.

And for the record, fwiw, I agree with Kevin's comment that "What is pretty dodgy is to try to rewrite history as to pretend that our societies have not been degraded by the existence of racism."

That said, indicating that this song is offensive isn't the same thing as attempting to rewrite history.