In class yesterday I was reminded of my roommates Itunes, and it's proud political incorrectness. They're called the Second Carolina String Band, and their music id based around recreating Civil War era tunes, and keeping them as accurate to the original as possible. I have to admit that I was surprised when I heard my roommate listening to music tlaking about "Darkies" but I have to appreciate how that was in fact the language of the times. It sometimes was racist, but in other times it was just the term used for people of a dark complexion. We have to respect however that while we are different we can't ignore the fact that that was the terms and music that created our culture.

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