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Thread #122248   Message #2679409
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
13-Jul-09 - 04:59 PM
Thread Name: Reacting to anti immigration songs
Subject: RE: Reacting to anti immigration songs
Are you refering to just anti-immigration songs, Dick, or to any songs with racist meanings?

If it is the latter what would you class as racist? The matter has been done to death here and I believe I am in a minority in classing any negative stereotypes as potentialy racist. It has been pointed, for instance, out that anti-British songs sung in Ireland are not racist but I am not sure I agree. OK - To be pedantic the English and Irish are of the same race, but to take that to the extreme everyone on the planet is also of the same race (unless someone knows better!) therefore no racism can exist.

If however it is the former I could not think of any and am indebted to Gargoyle for coming up with at least one. Can you give us examples of what type of stuff you are refering to so we can get a better idea on the situation you are describing?

Cheers

DeG