General Zinni on Sixty Minutes

"George Z. Bush" wrote in message
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"OXMORON1" wrote in message
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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
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