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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Apr 19 13:37:14 2019 Say goodby to Kate Smith's rendition of "God Bless America" in Yankee Stadium during the 7th Inning Stretch.It was discovered that she recorded a racially offensive (by today's standards) song back in the 1930s. Yankee brass found about that & made the announcement this morning. AFAIK The Flyers down in Phila. did the same thing. This is just crazy. Political correctness run amok. That song she did (name escapes me at the moment) was recorded by other Black artists of the day w/o any problems or backlash. So now Kate Smith is a racist & her body of work with song, movies & TV. is now to be tainted, due to one song. Sad, really sad. Wait until they find out that an 18yr old Sinatra recorded a racially insensitive( by today 's standards) tune called "Shine" Soon, I guess we can kiss goodby to his "New York, New York" at the end of every Yankee home game. Who would ever think it would come to this? |
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