[78-L] Stephen Foster

[fnarf at comcast.net]

Chris Zwarg:

> First of all, there is NOT ONE WORD in the whole lyrics that says anything about 
> the ethnicity of either the singer nor the ladies, nor about the moral or mental 
> qualities of either

You know, you completely blow your credibility when you suggest that these lyrics are not specifically black, and specifically demeaning. They are. No one who heard them then was in any doubt. "Gwine" is all you need to see.

You don't understand this music as well as you think you do, or you're pretending. 

-- 
Steve