Offensive to black women. From 2006:
There’s no more ‘Black Betty’ at University of New Hampshire hockey games. Bam-ba-lam.
The 1977 clap-along song by one-hit-wonder Ram Jam has been banned because it’s ‘theoretically racist,’ UNH Athletic Director Marty Scarano told the school’s student newspaper, The New Hampshire.
Purportedly a 20th-century African-American work song, the Ram Jam cover version was boycotted 30 years ago by the NAACP, which claimed its lyrics were offensive to black women.
http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/no-more-bam-ba-lam
Yup a racist song written by a black man WAYYYY back in the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUSGuNxt-4