PollyannaMom
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- May 16, 2006
No, I don't know that they didn't. All I have to go on at this time is the fact that she sang very racist songs. If she ever changed her horrible attitude towards black people I am certainly not aware.
How do we even know that was her attitude? Maybe she was told "This is what the people want to hear. Sing this exact list of songs or you're fired." Unless she wrote the songs, we don't know how she felt about them - then or later on.
Why should we assume the worst (that she had a horrible attitude toward all black people her whole life) instead of the best (that she sang two songs - out of how many hundreds? - that she didn't even like and was embarrassed about later on)? Either could be true, and I personally feel better about the world when I assume the best about people.
In the case of the OP I know for some people they associate the song with the artist and then view their works in that lens. I personally don't. I know artists who have sang lyrics that are quite crude and then they have a holiday or Christmas album out too.
That's a good point as well. I find plenty of current rap songs "offensive" - but that just means I don't listen to those songs. It doesn't mean I think the artists should be banned from singing other songs.
Boston Sux
OK, I was gonna play nice...