Flyers remove statue of Kate Smith, days after racism allegations against the late singer Globe_Sports
A partially covered statue of singer Kate Smith is seen near the Wells Fargo Center, on Friday, April 19, 2019, in Philadelphia, Penn.The Philadelphia Flyers have removed a statue of late singer Kate Smith outside NHL team’s arena, two days after covering it amid allegations of racism against the 1930s star with a popular recording of “God Bless America.”
On Friday, the Flyers said Smith’s “God Bless America” recording had been removed from their library, following baseball’s New York Yankees. The Yankees suspended use of Smith’s recording during the seventh-inning stretch amid conflicting claims about several of her songs, including a 1939 song “That’s Why the Darkies Were Born.” The tune originated in the 1931 Broadway revue “George White’s Scandals,” and was considered satire at the time. Smith’s likeness also appears in a 1939 ad that heavily uses the mammy caricature, one of the most well-known racist depictions of black women.
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