WYSIWIG,

If you think the University of New Hampshire did the right thing, why not say so? I'd guess Lead Belly might call it a bourgeois school. Black Betty as performed by Ram Jam (as I remember) doesn't say anything about Black Betty except her name. Lead Belly is a bit more demeaning, but then he isn't talking about a person.

I believe a color-blind society is not possible or the NAACP would be the National Association for the Advancement of People.

Unfortunately the Mudcat has a small (very small, I think) number of people of color, so we don't hear their opinions very frequently. But just because someone might be offended by words or actions doesn't make the words and actions offensive.

Roger in Baltimore