TBH its always surprising to see how many of the folk on here are stuck in the 70’s and mocking those who challenge the gentle racism of a bygone time
yes and it’s a bigger issue than ‘political correctness’ IMO. Incorporating, but not limited to –
– should the almost completely white folk scene try to entice a wider audience, and if so is blackface compatible with that?
– is folk music/dance a living breathing culture that responds to changing times, or is it a historical document that simply echoes a bygone age and must never change?
– in an increasingly diverse society, are we ok with examples of the dominant culture dressing up as / perhaps mimicking the minority cultures for the lolz (as a cultural precedent/direction, not just based on whether person X happens to be offended or not)?
– etc etc
it’s part of a fairly big issue, and I don’t think that reducing it to a question of either common sense vs. bedwetting do-gooders or common sense vs. backwards middle England really pushes the debate forwards all that much