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Thread #117716   Message #2538868
Posted By: Les in Chorlton
13-Jan-09 - 12:45 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Blacking up for morris - origin?
Subject: RE: Folklore: Blacking up for morris - origin?
Villian, I may have said this before, I don't think most Morris dancers are being intentionally racist.

Please read the words of the songs associated with "Minstrelsy" they made black people figues of fun.