So do this mean that Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and many other English rock musicians that interpreted the blues will now be banned too?
This hymn was actually a codeword message of escape and liberation via the Underground Railroad, the “angels” who helped, the river crossings arranged by Quakers and others
If anything this song and other hymns used as code should be celebrated
They should sing it the entire first half of their next game, just as Texas students should sing the Eyes of Texas for the first half of their next game and Florida students should chant “Gator Bait” for the entire first half of their next game.
Teach those crybabies a lesson in censorship.
How you gonna stop 2,000 drunks singing? Seriously, people.
“How ‘bout the Camptown Ladies”?
“De..Camp.town..Ladies…”?
“Aw, you know...”!
I know a lot about rugby from my experience with David Storey’s play The Changing Room, all about what goes on in that room before during and after a semi-pro game. Rugby fans will NOT be cowed by this “ban”, anymore than rugby players would be.
The rest of the world needs to stop playing England’s rugby and soccer. It’s cultural misappropriation.
Let’s ban Amazing Grace, too.
“swing” and “low” and “sweet” and “chariot” are all english words, not african.....they took our language and made a song perhaps, but with the historians of today, possibility becomes fact if it suits the narractive...
I unconsciously whistle when doing mindless tasks at work...
One of the tunes I whistle is Swing Low, Sweet Chariot...
A co-worker asked where I learned it (I don’t come across as a gospel aficionado) - told her - 4th Grade Chorus, public schools were different 50+ years ago...
Oh yeah! We should also ban any non-black person from buying, selling, recording, or in any way owning, singing, visual displays, of black music. it is cultural appropriation and must be banned. Especially the buying selling and owning black music because it is reminiscent of the process of buying , selling, owning of black slaves. It is cultural appropriation and must be stopped now.
AND Soccer. A game invented in Africa by black Africans for black Africans. We must ban the game in its entirety from non-blacks. Only blacks will be allowed to play the game
We need to ban non-whites from the games of football (American) and basketball. Both games invented by whites and where the non-whites are bribed to play and then held to the team by ‘contracts’. another word for forced servitude, i.e., slavery. Just because we do it also to whites does not justify the practice with non-whites.
Negro Spirituals is the one thing that made slavery worth it. The evil of slavery was used to transport blacks so that the compassion of white men to teach them the Gospel so that they could connect with the Creator and abandon Traditional African Religion.
The taking of blacks to this continent created a fork in the road for millions of blacks to hear the Gospel and respond to it to the eternal salvation of their souls. Being translated into a new eternal spiritual family-- although that certainly was not its purpose. The spiritually blind cannot see such things. The Quaker John Wolman was one of the few that got it right and saw it for what it was: a great injustice for sure, but also a great opportunity. Negro Spirituals, now a rich part of Christian hymnody, is now part of the tapestry of a race being woven into the family of God, which compels worship.
In exchange blacks unknowingly gave the white man a gift that sprung from evil: a new and heartfelt way to worship Christ that never would have existed. At the same time our national sin was confronted-- it took 700K dead and 150+ years and counting. But that is the beauty of Christ. He continues to gather his people and He will use whatever sociological eruption to do just that, because He is Sovereign.
With this now coming out...they have just ensured that it will be sung more often and louder than ever before. Keep it up Libs. Keep it up.
National security = green light to side step Constitution and basic rights guaranteed therein.
Racism/sexism/xenophobia/homophobia = green light to censor.
Global Warming and other enviro scams = drivers for socialist agenda, raise taxes, massive subsidies to mega-corporations.
You need to get with the newspeak man!