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Sorry, Santa—‘Jingle Bells’ Has Racist Roots
We know that the third stanza of “The Star-Spangled Banner” is racist, and the children’s song “Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe” is also suspect, but a Boston professor is now saying that “Jingle Bells” might as well be called “Jungle Boogie.” OK—she never said that, but theater historian Kyra Hamill did discover that the beloved Christmas…