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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 '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.
-Two sides of a story
-Indianapolis Freeman (edition from Aug. 24, 1901)
-Black minstrel show performer
-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