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You do know “Dixie” was written by a black man that moved up to New York from Louisiana Right? He was performing up there (Song/dance) and was reminiscing over his youth back in French Louisiana and exchanging currency “dix” (ten in French).That was his inspiration to write the lyrics and song. He missed his home and had fond memories from his youth there

So a black man from the Era of Slavery missed the "land of cotton", where black folks like him picked it for FREE or was beaten to within an inch of their lives?

Sounds real effin' believable?

Try this, maybe that same black man having actually picked cotton for free realized that while "up North" it was better to be a "coonin', step-n-fetchit, shuckin'& jivin' minstrel show, entertaining black man as a way to survive in 1859 than to be a slave down south working in that "land of cotton" that he allegedly missed so much

Anyway , Google credits some white guy with writing the song, but the song dixie does have roots from blackface minstrel shows

I'm just curious, why does anyone want to keep this shite around, aren't we smart enough in 2020 to evolve in a more inclusive way, it seems so simple, yet so many are fighting to keep shite around that isn't worth keeping to begin with?