The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #48479   Message #4059524
Posted By: cnd
16-Jun-20 - 09:31 AM
Thread Name: Minstrel Shows, Part Two
Subject: RE: Minstrel Shows, Part Two
I think I made most of my points in the Eyes of Texas thread, and while I generally don't enjoy getting into these sort of discussions as they tend to not get anywhere, for the sake of being concise, I don't think that a song being performed blackface or in a minstrel style inherently condemns it to being a racist song.

If a modern performer were to continue to perform it in blackface style then sure, I could see it, but if they sing the lyrics in a normal manner and perhaps take out any of the potentially questionable lyrics to some otherwise-unoffensive songs then many (if not most) of the songs are simply songs about life, farming, or comedic and not inherently racist or offensive.