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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]It's really sad and scary how deep all of this goes into our country's culture.[/b] I'm ashamed I didn't notice it before...[/quote]

Agree with the bolded. On the other hand, the fact that we didn't even recognize some of these stereotypes is partly positive in that it indicates change. I read the part about Working on the Railroad, which my family sang on car trips when I was a kid. I didn't know any of the implications or underlying experiences depicted in the lyrics. I didn't know Dinah was the cook and that the horn she was blowing was to announce mealtime. I assumed she was the love interest of the guy working on the railroad and he was so looking forward to seeing her and that the horn was the train horn because she worked on the railroad, too.

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My grandfathers worked on the railroad, so I was taught totally different lyrics: "Granddad's working on the railroad." And his nickname was Toot Toot because he blew the train horn all the time, so it was "Toot Toot blow your horn."[/quote]

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