Baa Baa Black Sheep goes woke
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I wonder if someone will suggest changing the name of Debussy's composition Golliwog's Cakewalk
Perhaps "Melanistic's Cakewalk" "Sooty's Cakewalk" or perhaps "the Non-Reflective's Cakewalk" ....... The mind boggles.
Perhaps "Melanistic's Cakewalk" "Sooty's Cakewalk" or perhaps "the Non-Reflective's Cakewalk" ....... The mind boggles.
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Completely agree Bayleaf,the actual principle as with the similar ‘ political correct’ is brilliant and what we should aim for,but they become tarnished with negativity and taken to the extreme but the average person is put of by extremity
I agree with the others who say put controversial statues in a museum with a detailed explanation
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For those who may not know, the cakewalk was a dance popular with black people in southern states, danced with pseudo-formality as a dig at white slave owners ... so in this case with regard to political correctness, the boot is on the other foot, as it were !
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I think that this has been published to stir up negative waves against Wokes.
Whatever they are supposed to be.
Whatever they are supposed to be.
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Much of woke refers to stupid prejudice, rewriting history, distortions of research in the aim of prejudicing young minds. The aim is a Corbynesque takeover
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When I first arrived in England (1970) the lads down the pub used to call me the "white wog". I didn't feel offended, even after I found out the racist subtext.Sparkle wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 9:07 am @Blaze yes, I loved my golly brooches too getting my mum to buy more jars of Robertsons jam & marmalade than we needed so that I could remove the labels to collect the gollies or golliwogs as they were originally referred to - actually I am not at ease now with the original name.
Humanity landed on the moon over fifty years ago but it seems too much to ask for a reliable telephone/internet service in rural France.
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I guess the biscuits ie 'ginger nuts' will have change their name or have they already? - not had a lovely ginger nut for tea dunking in years
With this hand, I will lift your sorrows. Your cup will never be empty, for I will be your wine. With this candle, I will light your way into darkness. With this ring, I ask you to be mine.........The Corpse Bride
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I was never bothered by being called a "white honky" by black people, even though it was probably meant to be offensive ! But then it wasn't happening to me all the time ...
Mmmmmm, neither have I. Must bring some back next time we go to Jersey !!