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Pittsburgh debates future of Stephen Foster statue in Oakland
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| Aug 17, 2017
| Bob Hazen
Posted on 08/18/2017 11:03:14 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: livius
One thing they dont realize (aside from the fact that Stephen Foster had never seen the Suwannee River and was not even remotely from the South) is that Foster was actually pretty revolutionary because he attributed normal human feelings to blacks in his lyrics. The songs were not meant to ridicule. They were in dialect, not uncommon for any group at that time (stories and popular songs were written in Irish and Italian dialects, etc.), but he treated the black people like anybody else: falling in love, longing for home, etc. +1 If I recall correctly, Stephen Foster was an abolitionist. He was the first composer to incorporate black rhythms and musical phrasings into mainstream music.
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posted on
08/18/2017 12:46:22 PM PDT
by
nuke_road_warrior
(Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
To: Leaning Right
Ok - I used to live in the Pittsburgh area so I listen to Rush on the local Pittsburgh station. During the news break I caught the tail end of a quote from the mayor about some statue being a "lightning rod" for violence or some such nonsense.
Was is this statue, I wonder? So just like guns - let's blame an inanimate object for the bad choices individuals make.
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posted on
08/18/2017 12:54:00 PM PDT
by
Shethink13
(there are 0 electoral votes in the state of denial)
To: Leaning Right
In the evenin' by the moonlight
you could hear those darkies singin'
In the evenin' by the moonlight
you could hear those banjos ringin'
How the old folks would enjoy it
they would sit all night and listen...
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posted on
08/18/2017 1:07:46 PM PDT
by
JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: Old Teufel Hunden
This is a political issue, but really I have to note that
Many of these statues are just beautiful works of art. This one is magnificently executed
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posted on
08/18/2017 1:10:42 PM PDT
by
j.havenfarm
( 1,000 Posts as of 8/11/17! Still not shutting up after all these years!)
To: JimRed
Boy are you mixed up! It’s:
In the evenin’ by the moonlight
you could hear those dark keys singin’
The “keys” of course refers to the islands known as the Florida Keys.
(See, historical revisionism is easy.)
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posted on
08/18/2017 1:18:10 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
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To: madison10
These idiots are actually depriving black people of their real history. To have come up from slavery should make them proud, not angry so many generations later.
Stephen Foster was recording the times in a sympathetic, touching way. Paul Robeson added his glorious voice later:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Tvq_0tkyw
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posted on
08/18/2017 1:20:54 PM PDT
by
Veto!
(Political Correctness Offends Me)
To: doosee
Obamaville Politicians. Has a ring to itYeah, like a big old ((((GONNNNG))))
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posted on
08/18/2017 4:33:04 PM PDT
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great- -- until it happens to YOU.)
To: Savage Beast
The Left is trying to make sure that Americans forget the past. Why you ask?
Because they want Americans to repeat it, with perhaps a few minor changes here and there.
We're witnessing an American version of Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution
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posted on
08/18/2017 4:36:49 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(RuPaul and Yertle - our illustrious Republican leaders up the Hill - God help us!)
To: Old Teufel Hunden
What a beautiful statue. * sigh *
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posted on
08/18/2017 7:22:05 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
08/18/2017 8:26:41 PM PDT
by
Songcraft
(Pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
08/20/2017 11:24:27 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(You can drive coast to coast without ever crossing a district run by Democrats! MAGA = Renaissance!)
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