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>EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is about a virulently racist song. Read no further if you wish to avoid racist imagery and slurs.
NPR has trigger warnings now, lmao.
No.666
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117792/racist-ice-cream-song-story-nprcom-wrong
>Johnson's unearthing of the “Nigger Love a Watermelon” song is invaluable as history, but the likelihood that this is what the trucks were playing is negligible. The tune has been set to innumerable verses of various kinds, and this “Watermelon” rendition was, in the grand scheme of things, one of the vast majority of pop songs that comes and goes in a flash. That’s why it’s a rare archival find and historical footnote today. Turkey In The Straw has been set to countless different tunes over time, so this article is a load of shit.
I expected better from NPR.
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No.669
>>666It's NPR. They rarely feel like verifying any of their 'facts'.