[Michael.SF.]

I liked this part:

"“We as a collective are appalling that this took place on our campus,” The Black Student Union wrote in a statement. “This act is a further example and reflection of the racial insensitivity and ignorance that has been allowed to occur on Western Michigan’s campus.”"

Apparently grammar is not the forte of the BSU

[Liberal Anti Venom]

OK, Buttercup.

You can keep your “black spiritual” songs and all of us white folk will keep our stuff. By that I mean everything created by a white person, including but limited to the following:

Electricity
Television
Movies
Computers
Internet
Cell phones
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Volleyball
Softball
Track and field
Indoor plumbing and toilets
Airplanes
Trains
Automobiles
Colleges/Universities

The list is endless.

If it were not for white people, you would still be in Africa, barefoor, starving, ignorant,living in a straw hut with dirt floors, crapping in a hole in the ground, hunting rodents with a spear while trying to avoid becoming lunch for lions.

So FU, Buttercup. And you’re welcome.

[erkelly]

I always thought the spirituals were expressions of Christian faith; impromptu folk signs that became timeless hymns that were written down after the civil war by trained musicians so they would not be lost. Songs of faith and hope intended for every believer; songs intended to celebrate the Christianity.

[castlebrew]

Maybe the student should stop attending a “white” school. Plenty of HBCUs out there.

[CincyRichieRich]

Haters gotta hate and look for reasons to be offended. I’d wager auditions were open but no takers.

[Teacher317]

When I was in 4th grade, we moved to the DFW area of Texas. Music class had negro spirituals as our chorus music for the entire year. I can still recall most of the lyrics to "Wade in the Water" and "Down by the Riverside". Our class was about 40-30-30 White-Black-Hispanic. This was in the late 70s.

I must be racist somehow, or maybe I get the Magic Free Pass because the music teacher was Black.

[Harpotoo]

Should blacks be allowed to straighten their hair? Isn’t that White appropriation:-)

[Celtic Conservative]

“Shaylee Faught”

And lost, apparently.

CC

[FLT-bird]

Well gosh....should Black people sing White music?

Last I checked, nobody owned music. It is common to all mankind and knows no creed or color or race - only talent.

[Sans-Culotte]

It’s been said many times of late: “next they’ll be wanting blacks-only restrooms and water fountains”.

[Sgt_Schultze]

I'm wondering out loud if the offended students are culturally appropriating western attire or if they dress in their native garb...

[dfwgator]

"Swing Low.....Sweet Chaaaaaaaaariot!"

[Old Yeller]

All hell breaks loose. You mean like when Popeyes ran out of their chicken sandwich?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I’m sure it made sense in the original Ebonics or Jive. Things do get lost in translation.

[Brilliant]

I liked the story the other day about the woman who criticized transvestites for wearing dresses. I mean, it definitely is cultural appropriation.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Eva Cassidy did one of the best covers ever of “Wade in the Water.” So soulful (in a manner of speaking).

[Tucker39]

Would it cut any ice to note that Stephen Foster, a white guy born in Pennsylvania wrote songs bordering on spirituals, and beloved by many. Examples: My Old Kentucky Home, Old Folks at Home, and Old Black Joe. No, it wouldn’t? Well, excuuuuse meee!

[GailA]

No one heard of the Gaither Vocal Band as long as you sang to the Lord and met their standards you were welcome.

[right way right]

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