If We Cancel Kate Smith, We Must Cancel The New York Yankees

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April 23, 2019 By David Marcus

 

It was announced this week that both the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Flyers would stop using their traditional recorded version of Kate Smith singing “God Bless America” during their games. This happened after it surfaced that Smith had performed songs now considered racist during her hey day in the 1930s. The Flyers, with whom Smith is more closely aligned as the good luck charm for their 1974 Stanley Cup run, even removed a statue of her from the Philadelphia sports complex.

In a brilliant monologue, sports commentator Jason Whitlock broke down the absurdity of these moves. The whole video is worth watching. Among other things, Whitlock points out that the song “That’s Why The Darkies Were Born,” recorded by Smith in the 1930s, was satire that was also performed by black civil rights legend Paul Robeson. I hope Robeson, one of the most important black figures of the 20th century, won’t have to meet this same fate.

 

 

https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/23/cancel-kate-smith-must-cancel-new-york-yankees/

 

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No -- history must be immediately revised to conform with current norms of Correctness.

Anyone who thinks differently is a racist and a bigot.  End of discussion.