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To: fatima

My Old Kentucky Home now non-PC for the use of the word “darkies.”


41 posted on 07/05/2018 5:16:27 PM PDT by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: luvbach1

They did the same thing to Suwanee River. Governor Leroy Collins, who is related to me, changed darkies to honey during the early 60s for the official state song lyrics.

Now most versions change almost everything, not even mentioning the word “plantation”.


69 posted on 07/05/2018 5:30:22 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: luvbach1

Paul Robeson ~ My Old Kentucky Home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yQu0sFykbw


181 posted on 07/05/2018 9:39:38 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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