Wonder if any FReepers are aware, that along with “racist” songs (supposedly as the article covers in TX)... that the City of Pittsburgh, PA removed a memorial statue of.. Stephen Foster!! America’s venerable songwriter of the 1840s and 50’s— who was KNOWN for having written extremely no politically correct minstrel tunes sensitive to the plight of slaves— like “Angelina Baker” about a slave romance that was cut off by the implied sale of Angelina, an amazing tune for 1850.
And why did they remove it— kid you not— it was because of his “songs” (Huh?) and because another figure in the statue was supposedly that of a black man- who did not look black one bit, zero features—shown harvesting a sheaf of either tobacco or cane, and dressed in overalls/working clothes. Photo is available online.
THIS is what these culture destroyers are on about— sanitizing history and reality with their absolute re-write of THEIR concepts of what should be— because of course- they know better. The all powerful Leftist State will tell us what to listen to and what to sing, and indeed what the writer may write. It is all part of the propaganda.
Stephen Foster. BTW the BLM types took down a statue of Lincoln... cause it was “an old white man”. down for the struggle dontcha know. Funny if it wasn’t so serious.
Oh, and a statue of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney because he was chief during the Dred Scott decision and of course... a racist. This taken down by Maryland’s republican “governor”.
They removed SCRIPTURE from the Grand Canyon in the first of this century; too.
It went back up in 2003.
Just wait...