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Thread #33069   Message #438904
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
12-Apr-01 - 08:50 AM
Thread Name: Is 'Piccaninnies' Non-PC ?
Subject: RE: Is 'Piccaninnies' Non-PC ?
Nice touch, Sean. I like the replacement of white with rich - and I guess the converse (ie. black/poor) would work in similar circumstances. When you think about when the songs were written it was probably a good rule of thumb that the rich folks were white and the poor folks black. Not much better in some places now I guess but at least we are working at fixing it!

I will certainly remember the point though and see if I can come up with any other similar substitutions when I come across other contentious wordings. Picanininnies - poor folks kids for instance? Scans anyway!

Thanks again

DtG