I hope that others will join in this discussion with the overarching purpose of sharing opinions and information and not attacking anyone or proselytizing.

That above mentioned WW2 comment was not meant to be a personal attack on Q or on any other Mudcat member or guest. As I said in that post, I've been trying to reconcile Q's interest in 19th century African American secular and religious songs with what appears to me to be his lack of acknowledgement or regard for how jarring it may be to read those dialect songs and/or those songs that include the "n" word and/or spell "Negro" with a small "n". I also wrote in that WW2 post that I've been trying to reconcile Q's expertise on those 19th century and earlier Black songs with his take on contemporary African American issues. In that same post I indicated that the reason I was trying to reconcile these things was because I felt they fit into my attempt to try to figure out why it is that so few people who publicly identify themselves racially as Black or a member of another non-White population are regular posters on Mudcat.

To paraphrase another post that I wrote in that WW2 thread, I'm aware that some people may disagree with some of or all of what I write. That is your right. However, I hope people know that I am not starting these threads to be a troublemaking troll or any other kind of troll. I care about Mudcat and I would very much like more people of color to post to this forum.