Article claims Guthrie lyrics "reinforce Native oppression" and says change "requires that Americans let go of the elements of American culture that silence and erase the marginalized, even if those elements have been treasured." @CHSommers @CathyYoung63 @jessesingal @jonkay
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While Woody Guthrie up till now may have been seen as a progressive, it seems, social justice calls on us to challenge "patriotic rhetoric" since "white nationalism is the legacy of this country." Final line of piece: "to set the record straight, this land is not 'your land.'"
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"Woody Guthrie is canceled but T.S. Eliot isn't" wasn't on my 2019 predictions card
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Written by a guy from Oklahoma, no less...pretty much the original Reservation.
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Frankly, musically as well as lyrically, it’s a horrible song.
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This is some bullshit...pic.twitter.com/LDUswPcxop
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Lawyers call this arguing in the alternative: you haven't shown that anyone else wants to go along with her, besides which I think we should go along with her.
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I think he'll be ok
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