#Pickaninny Heaven

[baixueagain]

IIRC, people were mainly getting angry about the House-Elves speaking in "pickaninny" English, similar to the Gobins' antisemitic coding.

Wait, does that term have a different meaning in British English? Because the house-elves' habit of using the third person doesn't really resemble any of the stereotypes associated with that kind of terminology in America, at least none I've ever encountered. To American ears it mostly sounds like someone with a somewhat unique language pattern, similar to Yoda.

As for the goblins, it's hard to tell if JKR was doing that intentionally, or if she just didn't ever realise the antisemitism inherent in a lot of goblin-related tropes and uncritically embraced them. I lean more towards the latter, because quite frankly a lot of white non-Jewish people really do have no idea about the roots of those tropes. Hell, I'm a well-read plugged-in Millennial and I didn't even know about the goblin thing until a few years ago. And a working-class white boomer writing this stuff in 90s Scotland with no real information on the history of folklore outside of the storybooks she's read or whatever she could find at the local library had even less of a chance of knowing.

Basically I tend to stick with the philosophy of not attributing to malice that which can be explained by plain old ignorance. Heaven knows how ignorant I've been myself.

[atomicmiraclecollectorposts]

NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers Statue of Kate Smith Removed after Discovery of a 'Dark' History

NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers Statue of Kate Smith Removed after Discovery of a ‘Dark’ History

A year after her 1986 death, the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers erected a statue to honor renowned singer Kate Smith, whose rendition of “God Bless America” was played during home games for decades, including the 2018-2019 season. But on Sunday the Flyers announced they had removed the statue, saying the team had discovered some of her songs…

The Philadelphia Flyers Remove a Statue of Kate Smith —…

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#Kate Smith #NHL #Philsdelphia Flyers #Pickaninny Heaven #statue removed #that&039;s why darkies were born #Yankees

[charlespaolino]

The Songbird of the South

The Songbird of the South

KATE SMITH

Should we chip Abraham Lincoln’s image off of Mount Rushmore, because he said that black and white people could not live together in peace; because he believed the white race was superior; or because his favored disposition of freed slaves was not to establish them as American citizens with full rights but rather to ship them to a colony in Liberia?

Or should we evaluate Abraham…

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#Josephine Baker #Kate Smith #Lew Brown #New York Yankees #Philadelphia Flyers #Pickaninny Heaven #Ted Collins #That&039;s Why Darkies Were Born #Woody Guthrie

[avacado127]

In Birth of A Nation, stereotypes such as The Pickaninny, The Sambo and The Tom are common throughout the film. I felt as though the movie was heavily related to the sculpture of Kate Smith at Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center. Kate Smith has had her rendition of God Bless America scrapped at both the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Flyers games. The reason for doing so came after two of her lyrics from Pickaninny Heaven, where she said, “Great big watermelons roll around and get in your way in the pickaninny heaven," and "Someone had to pick the cotton, someone had to pick the corn, someone had to slave and be able to sing, that's why darkies were born." Her harsh, unnecessary and racist lyrics are pro many of the stereotypes which are mentioned within Birth of A Nation. Her lyrics brought me back to the film as she mentioned the Pickaninny, which was a heavy topic of discussion within the film itself.

[blerdsunite]

#katesmith #coonshouter #mutethismf #pickaninnyheaven Man don't none of you let the Will Cains and other bigots of this land trick you. This chick knew exactly what she was doing. This ad here is from when she had her radio show in 1933, this ad is from the Cumberland Even Times in Maryland. Here's your girl Kate Smith, the lady who sang two Coon songs with vitriol and you see that blackface Minstrel beside her in the ad. Folks defending her weren't counting on you seeing this. This advertised her singing Pickaninny's Heaven. Anyone that wants to check for this ad all they have to do is go to the Newspaper.com site. Kate was one of many of what was called coon shouters, these white women were often heavyset and shared a similar look. The precious British monarchy got in on doing the coon songs, I've a princess that I will post later on. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwr2hp5hZ7z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nw9immm43weu

#katesmith #coonshouter #mutethismf #pickaninnyheaven

[almohamady-blog]

Yankees, Flyers drop Kate Smith’s ‘God Bless America’ amid questions of possible racism

The Philadelphia Flyers show Kate Smith before a 2010 Stanley Cup finals game against the Chicago Blackhawks. (Andre Ringuette/Getty Images)By Des Bieler and Michael Errigo April 19 at 11:37 AM The voice of singer Kate Smith is rapidly disappearing from the world of professional sports. The New York Yankees reportedly confirmed Thursday that they were no longer playing Smith’s version of “God Bless America” during the seventh inning of home games, after the team learned of a Depression-era song she’d recorded that raised questions of possible racism. The Philadelphia Flyers followed suit Friday, distancing themselves from Smith by taking her famed rendition of “God Bless America” out of their playlist and covering a bronze statue of the singer near their arena as they investigate the matter. Smith and her rendition of “God Bless America” have been most closely associated in the sports world with the Flyers, who had a decades-long stretch of remarkable success in games preceded by her version. She performed it at the team’s former arena, the Spectrum, before the Flyers won the first of their two Stanley Cup titles in 1974. Two of Smith’s other songs cited by the New York Daily News, which broke the story Thursday, included “That’s Why Darkies Were Born,” a 1931 hit for Smith, and “Pickaninny Heaven.” “We have recently become aware that several songs performed by Kate Smith contain offensive lyrics that do not reflect our values as an organization,” the Flyers said in a statement, according to Philly.com. “As we continue to look into this serious matter, we are removing Kate Smith’s recording of 'God Bless America’ from our library and covering up the statue that stands outside of our arena.” The statue of Smith was erected outside the Spectrum in 1987 and moved to the Xfinity Live! entertainment complex in 2011 when the arena was demolished. It was covered on Friday with a dark tarp. https://twitter.com/_MikeDeNardo/status/1119224981953613827 Smith’s 1939 version of “God Bless America” had been in the rotation at Yankee Stadium since the team began regularly playing the song following the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001. “The Yankees have been made aware of a recording that had been previously unknown to us and decided to immediately and carefully review this new information,” a club spokesman told the Daily News. “The Yankees take social, racial and cultural insensitivities very seriously. “And while no final conclusions have been made, we are erring on the side of sensitivity.” The Daily News reported that the Yankees “are investigating” Smith’s legacy of potentially objectionable music and noted that some have described “That’s Why Darkies Were Born” as a satire of white supremacists. The song, which was also recorded by Paul Robeson, the son of a runaway slave who would go on to become a civil rights activist, includes these lyrics: “Someone had to pick the cotton/Someone had to plant the corn, “Someone had to slave and be able to sing/That’s why darkies were born. “Someone had to laugh at trouble/Though he was tired and worn, “Had to be contented with any old thing/That’s why darkies were born.” Smith, who was born in Greenville, Va., grew up in the Washington, D.C., area and was nicknamed “The Songbird of the South.” She was one of the first big stars of radio and also appeared on Broadway and in several movies. She died in 1986 at age of 79. Smith starred in a 1933 film, “Hello, Everybody!” in which she sang “Pickaninny Heaven.” Dedicating the song to “a lot of little colored children living in an orphanage,” she sang of how “great big watermelons roll around and get in your way” and “luscious pork chop bushes bloom right outside your doorway,” as the movie showed a room full of black children listening to her on a radio. In 1939, a cartoon ad for a baking powder Smith endorsed featured a “Mammy Doll,” a bandanna-clad figure meant to evoke stereotypical notions of black women in the kitchen, along the lines of Aunt Jemima. In the ad, a “Mammy” character tells a white woman who is bad at cooking, “You jes ain’t got a way wid an oven, honey chile!” After subsequently using a recipe book by Smith to successfully bake a cake, the woman sends the doll to the delighted singer as a gesture of gratitude. In 2009, the Yankees fired tenor Ronan Tynan, who had been performing live renditions of “God Bless America,” after he reportedly confirmed to the team he’d made an anti-Semitic remark and claimed it was just a joke. Read the full article

#Flyers #GodBlessAmerica #KateSmith #racism #Yankees

[musicisthelife]

Ep 122: Pickaninny Heaven by Bodega Boys https://soundcloud.com/bodega-sushi/ep-122-pickaninny-heaven

#Music #Dope #SoundCloud #bronx #nyc #redbull #showtime #podcast

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Ep 122: Pickaninny Heaven by Bodega Boys .... The brand is strong! The Bronx's very own Desus Nice & THE KID MERO aka the Bodega Boys are giving you their irreverent yet hilarious takes on all things pop culture. Live from Red Bull Studios This week: Ramen, ATLANTA Soundclash, Ray J, Kate Spade, National Anthems and more!

#Podcasts #Audio #bronx #nyc #redbull #showtime #podcast

[lightheartedfaithgiver]

In April 2019 the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Flyers stopped playing Smith's recording of "God Bless America", and the Flyers covered a statue of Smith near their stadium, when both organizations were made aware of the fact that she recorded two satirical racist songs in the 1930s, "That's Why Darkies Were Born" and "Pickaninny Heaven."[28][29]

SHAME ON YOU,... KATE SMITH.

#wbjministries

[deniscollins]

Yankees and Flyers Will Stop Playing Kate Smith After Discovering Racist Songs

The New York Yankees baseball team has been playing Kate Smith’s version of “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch since 2001. If you were a Yankee executive, what would  you do if a fan informed you that during the 1930s Kate Smith sang songs with racist lyrics such as “That’s Why Darkies Were Born” which begins: “Someone had to pick the cotton,/ Someone had to pick the corn,/ Someone had to slave and be able to sing,/ That’s why darkies were born”: (1) Continue to play Kate Smith’s version of God Bless America, or (2) No longer play Kate Smith? Why? What are the ethics underlying your decision?

For the Yankees, Kate Smith’s version of “God Bless America” was a staple of the seventh-inning stretch since 2001.

For the Philadelphia Flyers, the connection was even tighter, with Smith serving as a mascot of sorts for the team’s 1970s Stanley Cup winners, and performing live at games.

Now both teams have announced they will stop playing Smith’s version of “God Bless America” after discovering that she sang songs with racist lyrics in the 1930s. The Flyers will also cover a statue of Smith that has been in front of their arena since 1987.

Smith, who died in 1986, is most closely identified with “God Bless America,” but she recorded numerous other songs over her long career. Among them were “Pickaninny Heaven” and “That’s Why Darkies Were Born,” which contain disturbing lyrics that demean black people.

The Yankees used Smith’s “God Bless America” early in the season but stopped after an email from a fan alerted them to Smith’s racially insensitive work.

“The Yankees have been made aware of a recording that had been previously unknown to us and decided to immediately and carefully review this new information,” a team spokesman said. “The Yankees take social, racial and cultural insensitivities very seriously. And while no final conclusions have been made, we are erring on the side of sensitivity.”

The Flyers said in a statement: “We have recently become aware that several songs performed by Kate Smith contain offensive lyrics that do not reflect our values as an organization. As we continue to look into this serious matter, we are removing Kate Smith’s recording of ‘God Bless America’ from our library and covering up the statue that stands outside of our arena.”

The Flyers have a tradition of playing Smith’s version of “God Bless America” as a replacement for the national anthem at big games. The song has been said to bring the team good luck. Smith performed it live before Game 6 of the 1974 Stanley Cup final, the game in which the Flyers won their first Cup.

The Daily News first reported that the Yankees had stopped playing their recording of Smith.

Like many white singers of her era, Smith sang some songs that at best are dated and insensitive and at worst are downright racist.

In “Pickaninny Heaven,” Smith sings of a place where “great big watermelons roll around and get in your way.” “Pickaninny” is a demeaning term for a black child. In the 1933 film “Hello Everybody,” Smith sings the song to a group of black orphans listening on the radio.

“That’s Why Darkies Were Born” begins: “Someone had to pick the cotton,/ Someone had to pick the corn,/ Someone had to slave and be able to sing,/ That’s why darkies were born.”

The lyrics also include: “Sing, sing, sing when you’re weary and sing when you’re blue/ Sing, sing, that’s what you taught all the white folks to do.”

The song was also recorded by the black singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson, although “one has to think that Robeson’s take on the lyrics was decidedly ironic,” Steven Carl Tracy wrote in “Hot Music, Ragmentation and the Bluing of American Literature.”

Jeffrey Magee, the director of the school of music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author of the book “Irving Berlin’s American Musical Theater,” said songs like “Pickaninny Heaven” and “That’s Why Darkies Were Born” reflected racial attitudes embedded in the cultural fabric of Smith’s era.

“To have shaped pop music in this country necessarily implicates musicians and songwriters in a history of racial exchange, impersonation and appropriation,” Magee said. “Kate Smith was inexorably part of that. She became a pop star on a foundation of songs like these.”

Magee noted that other popular white musicians of the 1930s, including Sophie Tucker, May Irwin and George M. Cohan, known as the father of Broadway, regularly performed minstrel songs, sometimes in blackface.

“The difference is you’re not going to find Cohan on YouTube,” Magee said.

#Racism

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Kate Smith - That's Why Darkies Were Born - 1931

I am absolutely floored that this is an actual song that was recorded. Sports teams have stopped supporting Kate Smith when they learned of her recordings that are racist.

I found this song, along with one called, “Pickaninny Heaven,” but several wouldn’t even pull up on YouTube because they’ve already been removed.

#mco435

[justwhatialwayswanted]

This week's ep of bodega boys is hilarious

#pickaninny heaven #it's a long story #bodega boys #bodega hive