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Thread #10906 Message #78276
Posted By: Barry Finn
13-May-99 - 11:22 PM
Thread Name: Suggestions for 'Ole Timey 'American Songs
Subject: RE: Suggestions for 'Ole Timey 'American Songs
I'd have to agree with you Kat. I'd say that I'm also a purist but I don't figure that these songs lent anything positive to anyone. Just the opposite probably, prolonging the view & damage of Jim Crow. Those views died a hard & long death (if it really died completely). The greater the artistic backing (or any thing else the would lent it's support towards these views) the longer the life of the sterotype. I find no beauty in these songs only an ugly testament to the suffering borne by those that these songs depicted. I remember being in the south during the 60's, Jim Crow was still alive & well as were the common caricatures & views that left it's brand on a race & it's stamp on the blues. Barry