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Thread #140761   Message #3237217
Posted By: GUEST,999
11-Oct-11 - 11:17 AM
Thread Name: Are racist, but traditional, songs OK?
Subject: RE: Are racist, but traditional, songs OK?
I think material of a racist sort should be tested properly. Suppose you have a racist song that denigrates Jews, for example. Would you sing that song to a Jewish audience in Tel Aviv? Suppose it denigrate Blacks. Would you sing that song to a Black audience in Harlem? Ditto various other peoples, cultures, etc. If you wouldn't, then you've answered your own question, traditional or not.