[lbo-talk] baa baa black sheep

[John Thornton]

Mr. WD wrote:
> But why should the historical reality matter?  If it _sounds_ like it
> reinforces racial hierarchy to contemporary listeners, why not pull it
> out of the public schools?  Or change it -- as w/ "Eeny, Meeny, Miny,
> Mo"?  I'm sure childhood can be just as rich without ever encountering
> Baa Baa Black Sheep.
>
> -WD

The historical reality matters because to ignore it undermines the 
efforts to remove real racist/sexist colloquialisms.
If we give the opponents (the anti-pc police) a legitimate example of 
misused historical content it they will use it as an example to paint 
the entire pc idea as bogus.

John Thornton