REVEALED: England rugby fans could be BANNED from singing the iconic 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' song because it originated among slaves in America 150 years ago

UK Daily Mail ^ | June 18, 2020 | Will Kelleher and Jack Elsom

[C19fan]

England rugby fans could soon be banned from singing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot at matches because of the song's ties with slavery, it has emerged. The iconic anthem which rings round the stands at Twickenham is being reviewed by the Rugby Football Union, which has launched a wide-ranging probe into racism. Written by a black slave in the American South during the nineteenth century, the song was first belted out by supporters when two black wingers - Martin Offiah and Chris Oti - became sporting heroes on the pitch at the end of the 1980s.

[C19fan]

Good gawd...

[V_TWIN]

Good luck enforcing it

[rlmorel]

Hahahahaha...I want to see that.

What are they going to do with the Hooligans? Kick them all out of the stadium?

These people can go pound sand.

[Rurudyne]

Make a point of offending the politically correct at every opportunity.

When they protest do something offensive to them to overtly to get in their face.

[Principled]

Why are they trying to remove any and all traces of black culture from the world?

That’s weird.

[C19fan]

The Christmas song “Go Tell It on the Mountain” was another song associated with slavery. So I guess that needs to go to.

[Responsibility2nd]

Liberals are in a blind fury.

Frantically trying to erase any and all vestiges of black history and culture.

It’s as if they hate the black race.

Oh wait. They do.

[Secret Agent Man]

Then this means they must keep singing it

Orwellian govt can go FOAD

[AJFavish]

When do we have to stop wearing clothes made of cotton?

[Jamestown1630]

Gee. If we censor all references to slavery and civil war history, it will be as if it never happened...

[dfwgator]

"Swing Low? Chariot?"

[SpaceBar]

Well, if it wasn’t an issue before, Daily Mail will make sure it is now.

[BenLurkin]

Insanity

[cyclotic]

They can always try this version from Dizzy Gillespie

Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac,
Coming for to carry me home

I look over Jordan and what do I see?
A new Eldorado coming for me
Comin for to carry me home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX1rj5WkHyU

Up until today, I literally only heard part of this song once. Probably around 1980. It pops in my head frequently when I see a Cadillac

[hanamizu]

“What are they going to do with the Hooligans?”

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That’s soccer. But what they’ll do is if the fans start singing it, the officials will award the other team a penalty kick (very like a field goal). Or perhaps they’ll issue a yellow card—a 10-minute visit to the penalty box. Second offense: red card, team plays short-handed for rest of game.

Then the question will be “Do we want the England team to win or for us fans to be free to sing a song written by a black man?”

[Responsibility2nd]

Why are they trying to remove any and all traces of black culture from the world?

That’s weird.

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I predict that in a hundred years from now, they will be frantically and desperately trying to erase the hateful violent thug culture that is so prevalent today.

Along with vulgar rap music, double digit abortion rates, double digit illegitimacy rates and double digit crime rates.

“Was Colin Kaepernick really their hero?”

[RummyChick]

gaitor bait chant banned

it is based on what appears to be a pretty horrific practice using black babies as bait

https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/18/florida-bans-gator-bait-chant-over-racist-ties/

[Dr. Sivana]

If we censor all references to slavery and civil war history, it will be as if it never happened...

My Canadian wife (as closed to an unbiased source as I can get at hand) posits that if we wipe out all references to black people from the past, it is implying that there is something wrong with being black, something shameful that must be hidden.

[mware]

So..... Ezekiel was a racist?

[Sans-Culotte]

I do not understand why they sing it at all?