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Boston U. professor: 'Jingle Bells' is racist

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Batman, Dec 15, 2017.

  1. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    If a song was regularly performed in minstrel shows, does that make it inherently racist?
    Honest question.
    I mean if the content of the song outside of the minstrel show context is not racist, does a song's historical inclusion in mintrel shows make it racist?
     
    Last edited: Dec 16, 2017
  2. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    “Jingle Bells, shotgun shells” —

    OK, I see the writer’s point.
     
  3. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

  4. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    So, was I right to be a little creeped out the other day when I heard a version of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" sung by Willie Nelson and Norah Jones? :confused:
     
  5. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    Tangential question: What did the Joker do? I always heard he got away, but my son says he took ballet, which is just so much bullshit.
     
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  6. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Seeing as he's the Joker, he probably murdered a lot of people thanks to that fuckwit Robin's incompetence.
     
  7. Buck

    Buck Well-Known Member

    Took ballet?
    The M-Fer got away!
     
  8. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    KIDS THESE DAYS
     
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  9. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    The two gay guys on Glee performed it

    Does that make it all right?
     
  10. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I am far from the World’s First Fully Formed Human Male, and that spot is taken anyway. But I’m not sure why it’s so outlandish the people find “Baby It’s Cold Outside” uncomfortable. I never heard the dumb thing until “Elf,” I don’t think. Now people act like we are attacking the pantheon here. The lyrics read like a “Saturday Night Live” skit in which Harvey Weinstein writes a Christmas carol.
     
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  11. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Because a lot of people aren’t capable of understanding that the things they had growing up aren’t perfect in every way.
     
  12. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    I had a Frito Bandito eraser growing up. No, it wasn't perfect (couldn't really erase worth a shit). But I loved it.
     
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