[Nemo]

in your music category. Additions to the bad list.

Nemo

11 Popular Songs You Didn’t Realize Are Actually Racist

You may have been singing along to them for years, but have you ever really thought about their lyrics? If not, it's definitely time.

www.rd.com

 

[Phil1979]

I laughed at some of these. Jeremy Helligar must have such a sad, boring life to have spent the time writing that article.

Before even reading it, I thought for sure he would have included "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Jim Croce.

 

[TimBob]

Changing history one lyric at a time...

 

[gunsmoker]

What, no "Black Betty" by Ram Jam ???

Black Betty had a child...

(bam - a- lam)

the damn thing's gone wild, ( bam -a -lam)!

 

[AzB]

A couple of those were a stretch of gigantic proportions.

Oddly, there's not a single rapper mentioned and there's hundreds of rap songs that have racist lyrics towards whites, Asians, other blacks, etc.

 

[efour1911]

The writer's resume says it all

How do these folks get jobs?!
Oi Vey!!
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PS; Is it racist for me to use that expression?

Whatever!

 

[HydroAuto]

Not racist, just cultural appropriation.