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Thread #45280 Message #672041
Posted By: Peg
19-Mar-02 - 01:20 PM
Thread Name: Commitment and Success in NYC Folk
Subject: RE: Commitment and Success in NYC Folk
Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves as sung by Cher can hardly be called racist. It is sung in the first person, most famously by someone who grew up as a mixed-race child and who was painfully aware of it. The song seems to be speaking of how horrible it is to be treated in a prejudicial manner by those who would try to exploit the "gypsies, tramps and thieves" (this phrase refers to what the bigoted "people of the town" call the group the narrator/singer belongs to).