Seen in a comment on a YouTube video of Ella Mae Morse doing "Cow Cow Boogie".
Apparently some guy who has a constant problem with "White" people performing a "Black" art form (oh, the irony there) ,.. to which a couple of replies came:
(1) The fact that this song may be referring to a Black Cowboy from Harlem, does not create a racial issue,nor occasion dragging all manner of racial baggage into the enjoyment of this song.It's the second one, the response to the first one that cracked me up. May have to save that one for future use.
(2) Ha Ha Ha! Looks like your Race Card, has been swiped & declined! Sorry, it just doesn't impress anymore! LMAO!
In a further irony, the song was written by white people. So, we have white people upset that white people are performing a song written by white people because jazz came out of a black music tradition and, I don't know, white people aren't qualified to perform it .. er somethin'. But of course, we're post-racial now, and we judge men by the content of their character, not the color of their skin.
Right?
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