Posted on 02/26/2020 11:39:34 AM PST by Michael.SF.
Should white people sing black spirituals?
Western Michigan University is grappling with that question after a black student was triggered and suffered a social media meltdown when a predominantly white choir sang Wade in the Water.
So apparently Western Michigan University thinks its ok for WHITE peoples to sing negro spirituals while the instructor talking bout these songs dont belong to one race. They sure as hell DO, WMU music major Shaylee Faught wrote on a social media now seen by more than 1 million people.
Faught got triggered after the choirs black conductor reportedly told the audience that the selections were American songs performed for everyone and have no ethnicity.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Plenty of folks got big chips on their shoulders...and are just waiting to be "offended"
I'm over all that,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
LOL. Banned in Wakanda thats a good one.
Doesnt Iceberg Lettuce come from Iceland? Add that to the list.
I'll be doing "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "O Lonesome Me" Friday night. Very tolerant audience at the assisted living center.
I have no problem with avoiding “appropriation” to the point where these other “cultures” don’t even exist. I’ve lived my life that way for decades; I’m not missing out on anything, and avoiding a lot of bad habits.
Or Country music, Darius Rucker, Milton Patton’s debut music video: Trouble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oZD8y0OmX4 Tony Jackson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xYtCyfrq6g
Well worth listening to if Country music is your STYLE.
No one heard of the Gaither Vocal Band as long as you sang to the Lord and met their standards you were welcome.
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Sorry, but not familiar with Wakandu. Is that a city?
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