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[Martin Nichols]

John Farrell wrote:> Mustn't say oriental.
> Mustn't say black.
> Darktown is off limits, so is Red Indian etc. etc. ad 
nauseum.
>
> Which idiot dreamed up this insane Orwellian philosophy 
and how has it
> become so rampant in the USA?
>
> John Farrell

 

I like to play and vocalize on "Black and Blue" and I once had someone, I forget who, tell me that " no white man should sing that song." I disagree---- I can feel "black and blue" just the same as any other person can. It seems to me that it is more "racist" to assume that only Blacks are "Black and Blue." Isn't it the human condition?

Ducking!!