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Yankees fans threaten boycott after ban of Kate Smith’s ‘God Bless America’
New York Post ^ | May 11, 2019 | By Dean Balsamini

Posted on 05/12/2019 6:13:35 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

Kate Smith’s rendition of “God Bless America” has been scrapped at Yankee Stadium, but Bronx Bomber fans are going to bat for her over allegations of racism.

Smith’s niece, Suzy Andron, told The Post she is “honored” by the groundswell of support for the late singer among fans and media.

Smith’s niece, Suzy Andron, told The Post she is “honored” by the groundswell of support for the late singer among fans and media.

“Most are solidly behind the positive notion that this is a misunderstanding by a few people who took two or three of her songs [out of 3,000 that she recorded] out of context and inflated a story that my Aunt Kathryn must have been a racist,” Andron said.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: flyers; godblessamerica; godblessmaerica; katesmith; mlb; newjersey; newyork; pennsylvania; philadelphia; philadelphiaflyers; richardcohen; ronaldreagan; skankees; wildwood; yankees
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To: Albion Wilde

What is a racist? It’s a person who quotes irrefutable facts to a liberal.


41 posted on 05/12/2019 3:09:43 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Love no longer trumps hate with liberals. Open hatred is now the new virtue signalling.)
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