HOLIDAY INN was released in 1935 featuring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. The composer Irving Berlin wrote twelve songs for the movie about a nightclub in the country. WHITE CHRISTMAS was the hit song.THe record has sold millions, but Irving Berlin was troubled by the lyrics, because of his Jewish faith.
I have always thought the song to be particularly racist, but even more so once I learned that the director had blackface scenes in the movie.
Bing had no trouble with that mask. People back in that time thought nothing about pretending to be black as long as they could wash off the cork at the end of the show. Was he a racist?
Every white person in America ia a racist.
Is WHITE CHRISTMAS a racist song?
It sound like it to me.
Especially since it’s the only Christmas song Donald Trump allows to be played in the White House.
ps I am an atheist.
We have no Christmas songs.
