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Colorful

Nature

Andre Villafranco

01/23/2020

The Poem

Coon Songs Must Go!/Coon Songs Must Go On (3)

This song that I sing. Do you know how

twisting beauty into ugly burns?

Believe this: ain't no way I'd take a

insult if I weren't getting paid. Yes, I sing

The colored man sings the 'coon' song,

the colored singer sings the 'coon' song,

The colored race is compelled to

stand for the belittling and ignomy of

The Poem

the 'coon' song

but the money from the 'coon' song

flows with ceaseless activity

into the white mans pockets...

-it keeps a belly full. That work

just enough to feed my own. I sing

to put clothes on my baby's back.

The Title's Suggestion

-Two sides of a story

-Indianapolis Freeman (edition from Aug. 24, 1901)

-Black minstrel show performer

Title

What Is A 'Coon' Song?

'Coon' Songs

-Genre of music used to stereotype black people

-Very popular in minstrel shows

-Aimed to marginalize black people

-Incorporated ragtime music

-Ex: All Coons Look Aline To Me- Ernest Hogan

Topic 4

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