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Subject: Re: Love and Theft Debate

Author:
Eric Stapley

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Date Posted: 10:07:49 09/21/07 Fri
In reply to: Mr. Moore 's message, "Love and Theft Debate" on 08:00:40 09/21/07 Fri

>Welcome to our first online discussion. Please read
>through the statement below and then reply to this
>thread with a statement of your position. Your answer
>needs to have a clear thesis and at least three points
>of support.
>
>�Should a song like Camptown Races, which was created
>as part of racist form of entertainment, be considered
>racist?�
>
>For the lyrics go to:
> >href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camptown_Races">http
>://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camptown_Races
>
>After you have posted your response to the statement
>above. You need to reply to a reply that stakes an
>opposite position. Your reply should address and
>attempt to rebut the position staked by that person.

I think that the song Camptown Races should not be considered racist. Although the song was written in a racist form of entertainment, it contains very little (if any) racist content, it is not offensive, and it is a musical piece of history from a different time period

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Love and Theft Debate	Dan J.	10:10:42 09/21/07 Fri