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![]() "George Z. Bush" wrote in message ... "OXMORON1" wrote in message ... George came out with: IAC, your use of the "Kumbaya" crack was clearly racist if unintended, and I thought somewhat beneath you. You surely know perfectly well that "Kumbaya" is a black South African folk song and introducing Come on George, "Kumbaya" was learned by more people in the US as a church camp or peace activist song. Most of us learned it without the racial intent that you propose. Southern Baptist or Methodist church camps in the 50's would not allow a black song. I doubt that Ed learned it in a peace demonstration either, unless he was the guy in back wearing a mask and wig. I see your point. I was looking at it from my own vantage point, having first heard it at a time when apartheid was alive and well in South Africa and when it represented their black citizens who were struggling for some measure of equality there at the time. When it was originally introduced into our country, it was a sort of anthem of South Africa's black "freedom fighters", hence my equating it with racism. It was not a song of peaceniks at that time. What? You might want to look into the history of that song a bit more before you make yourself out to be a larger horse's posterior than you already have--just about every utterance you have made in regards to that tune has been demonstrably *wrong*. However, as I said, I see your point and concede that Ed may have used it in the same context you did. Sounds like you would be about the only fellow using it in any other context, being as your description of the song's lineage has been apparently created solely in your own mind. Reference: encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Kumbayah It is of American origin, and was a common camp song for decades--heck, we used to sing it on long trips in the car when I was a little brat back in the early sixties. Where you came up with the idea that "when it was originally introduced into our country..." etc. is a mystery. Brooks George Z. Oxmoron1 MFE |
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