2006-12-09 05:46:09 · 7 answers · asked by leeandjackson 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Not if Rap is not racist! But we give you a great answer what was the first song the Great Emancipator Lincoln requested when he heard the war was over?
God Bless You and The Southern People.
2006-12-09 05:57:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
oh, i wish i was in the land of cotton
old times there are not forgotten
look away, look away
look away, dixie land
i wish i was in dixie
hooray, hooray
in dixie land i'll take my stand
and live and die in dixie
away, boy
away
away down south in dixie
What is racist in this song? Nothing.
2006-12-09 06:02:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Taking it in the context of history at the time it was written, not so much. Values, beliefs and concerns were very different then. In the values of today if one chooses to be offended by it rather than put it in historical perspective and accept it for what it is I guess it can be considered "racist." I am not in any way approving of racism with this answer.
2006-12-09 05:57:28 · answer #3 · answered by MUD 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The song isn't racist but if you know any ex-slaves (they'd be about 150 years old, hard to miss) it might have some associations to them that would make it insensitive of you to play/sing it. And it gives a bunch of racists of both races something else to argue about.
2006-12-09 07:29:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
taht is definately a matter of opinion. while the lyrics may not in and of themselves be racist they do convey an attitude and emotion that some would consider racist. of course the land of cotton was the deep south and this concept brings up the idea of slaves to some. i believe this is what matters wether or nto one perceives it to be as this is how racism is defined is it not? think also of sexual harrassment claims, sexual harrassment is absed on ones perception of being harrassed not on the harrassers perception, in belive that is the issue with this song
2006-12-09 06:27:50 · answer #5 · answered by cav 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Absolutely not!
2006-12-09 05:48:33 · answer #6 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, absolutely not!
2006-12-09 05:53:45 · answer #7 · answered by Mightymo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋