Posted on 02/27/2020 7:11:12 AM PST by Red Badger
Should white people sing black spirituals?
Western Michigan University is grappling with that question after a black student was triggered and suffered a social media meltdown when a predominantly white choir sang "Wade in the Water."
"So apparently Western Michigan University thinks it's ok for WHITE peoples to sing negro spirituals while the instructor talking bout 'these songs don't belong to one race.' They sure as hell DO," WMU music major Shaylee Faught wrote on a social media post now seen by more than 1 million people.
Faught got triggered after the choir's black conductor reportedly told the audience that the selections were "American songs" performed "for everyone" and "have no ethnicity."
The performance, "Spirituals: From Ship to Shore," included songs like "Go Down, Moses" and the aforementioned "Wade in the Water."
Well, faster than you could say zip-a-dee-doo-dah, nearly the entire campus suffered a meltdown.
"We as a collective are appalling [sic] that this took place on our campus," The Black Student Union wrote in a statement. "This act is a further example and reflection of the racial insensitivity and ignorance that has been allowed to occur on Western Michigan's campus."
The BSU called for "racial reeducation on sensitivity training and cultural competence."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
“Obviously, we need fewer colleges and more mental institutions”
LOL! However, I now believe that colleges = mental institutions.
Careful now; remember, when spoken about the "protected", TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.
Shades of Chappelle.
Should black people bleach their skin and straighten their hair?
This idiot girl, bereft of a measurable IQ, has admirably served to demonstrate how stupid these brainwashed “woke” idiots are. They seize upon the most minute, unimportant things to become enraged about. How about blacks who liked the Beatles or Queen? Or any modern white rock groups? You don’t hear sensible people screeching about that. People like her should be exiled to a remote featureless island so they can calm down from their mania.
I remember reading of the bawdy songs sung in saloons way back in the 1800s.
Then the Salvation army started singing the same tunes with spiritual words.
Someone asked why they did it and the answer was...”Why should the devil have all the best tunes?”
“...People like her should be exiled ...”
The person(s) that TAUGHT her that she should be “appalled” should be exiled.
She’s the symptom, not the cause.
Until you root out the cause, this will just get worse.
LOL!....I think one of those was ‘Lily of the Valley’..............
Should black people bleach their skin and straighten their hair?
Are you trying to make us believe you were the white boy playing that funky music?
I feel the need to surrender to the Grievance Police for almost thinking that we should be judged on the content of our character, etc., obviously misappropriating black words.
Why yes, yes you are
Not THE one in the song, but yeah, the only one in our band at the time.
Why aren’t the protestors “triggered” by the use of ENGLISH in those songs.
I think the “Wade in the Water” would sound very different in Swahili...
Why aren’t the protestors “triggered” by the use of ENGLISH in those songs.
I think the “Wade in the Water” would sound very different in Swahili...
So, a black conductor had a mostly (or all) white choir sing “Wade In The Water”, and a black student got upset about it.
Oh my - they’d never survive the Baptist (or now Pentecostal) church and songs we sing!
Next target: Country music stars.
How many Gospel songs did Johnny Cash & Elvis record?
LOTS & LOTS.
Sure, if that's what they want to do.
If they use them indoor plumbing....Mr. Crapper was...you guessed it. Electric conveniences? Edison.
Then it’s OK for white people to sing black spirituals... if that’s what they want to do...
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