To someone with a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail.If you are looking for racism, you can certainly find it or at least what you perceive to be racism.

But it is not always so. One can see racist sentiments in a song where the writer meant no such thing.Yet, once the accusation is made, that song and that writer are forever called racist. The same holds true for singers.

You can't please everyone. I can't think of a single song-with the possible exception of 'Happy Birthday To You" that someone somewhere wouldn't be offended by.

In the final analysis, make your song choices with sensitivity, be aware of your audience, change 'em if you feel you must, and be aware that somebody won't like it.

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