Posted on 12/05/2014 8:41:18 AM PST by Impala64ssa
Social media lit up Wednesday evening with complaints about former Hootie & the Blowfish lead singer Darius Rucker performing "White Christmas" at the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at New York City's Rockefeller Square. Some activists had threatened to attack the ceremony after a grand jury declined to indict a New York police officer in the death of unarmed Eric Garner during a confrontation over cigarette sales in July. The ceremony went ahead under police protection and Rucker performed "White Christmas," a classic written by a Jewish immigrant, Irving Berlin. The song refers to snow, not to race, in recalling a traditional Christmas scene. Critics, however, believed that the mere reference to the color "white" by a black singer in the throes of a racially-charged controversy was offensive and suggested a contempt for the feelings of other black people.
“Cain’t nobody be allowed to be happy while we’re busy being miserable!”
I thought Mr. Rucker did a great job with the song. He sang it with class and was kinda of jazzy. I loved it. I heard Miriah Carey again had problems with her ear piece and was signing out of tune. On TV she sang perfectly but someone showed the actual footage of her singing terrible.
I'm dreaming of a bright Kwanzaa
With the seven candles all a-glow
With the flames all a'flickering
And bright red wax be dripping
By white lines of snow in a rowI'm dreaming of a bright Kwanzaa
With the seven candles burning low
And the dope smoke a-drifting
Makes our heads all go spinning
While the Big Choomer is sniffing
A couple righteous lines of blowI'm dreaming of a bright Kwanzaa
With the seven candles all a-glow
And each candle we all know
Burns for each of the great
Seven mystery states
Where Barack Obama has yet to goI'm dreaming of a bright Kwanzaa
With seven candles lit each night
For another year packed full of immigration
With lot's of solemn meditation
And more generous reparations
Plus lots of free chicken for all to eatYes, I'm dreaming of a bright Kwanzaa
So I can watch the candles all a-flame
And the little chi'rens singing
And the fed'ral gov'ment bringing
Free Kwanzaa stuff to my crib
And to all my many lazy friends.....
Otis Redding is the best.
Is his surname racist?
To Rev. Al , It’s about SNOW, Duma$$!
Sure it is... and Black Friday is just an accounting term.
right....
Al Sharpton and his mobs screech Bah Hum Bug. Such uplifting souls.
Sharpton will protest snow until it turns black. Snow is racist.
So now it is taboo to reference the color of snow.?
The Lousi Farrakhan version is, I’m screaming at a white devil..........
It is so sad that Ella Jane Fitzgerald is gone.
She made sweet lemonade out of her lemons when she sang this tune.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0aIWyKn83s
Thanks. That is a sweet song. I never heard it before.
White Christmas is NOT about race you dumbasses, it is about SNOW...
Seriously? Hands Up! (In disgust and frustration).
Back home in Jersey we actually call White Castle “The Black Shack”.
May the spirit of the Holiday Season smash your storefront, steal all your malt liquor and blunt wrappers, and burn this bitch down.
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