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Thread #18657   Message #189119
Posted By: Lonesome EJ
03-Mar-00 - 10:18 PM
Thread Name: 'Coon Songs' Your Thoughts About Them
Subject: RE: Help: 'Coon Songs' Your Thoughts About Them
Amos and Banana...you are both exactly right. The slang used in Porgy's words to Bess are exactly appropriate to his character and the feeling in the song. It is a perfect example of how black accent can be used in a way that does not cast the singer in a negative light. And a perfect example of how blanket statements regarding the prejudice inherent in racial stereotypes (including speech), rings false.