Btw the "unofficial anthem" of the Confederacy, Dixie, is a blackface minstrel song from the POV of a runaway who misses slavery, just FYI
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"Turkey in the Straw" is an old English tune that in the South became a song mocking black ppl eating watermelon
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So much of pop culture in general is just built on layers of racism, too. Often superficially shed in the '80s.
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