Today's "New York Daily News" only printed HALF of my letter (re: Kate Smith and "God Bless America.") However, "Half a loaf is better than none," you know.
Here's what they printed (again, the letter is about the New York Yankees ceasing to play Kate Smith's "God Bless America" at their home games anymore because she sang a song with racist lyrics in the 1930s.) The PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, cowards that THEY are, removed a STATUE of Kate from outside their stadium because of this same "issue"!! If these two teams meet again in the World Series this year as they did 10 years ago, instead of calling it "The 1-95 Series" they should nickname it "The Politically Correct Jellyfish Series." Anyway, here's what the NY Daily News printed of my letter today...
(Sorry that the photos are SIDEWAYS, I took these pics in the store without buying the paper and no, that is NOT stealing!! The letter I took the pics of is MINE, Lol!!)
In closing, here's the full letter that I submitted to the New York Post and Daily News....
Editor,
So someone has “connected some dots” and learned that Kate Smith sang a satirical “racist” song in the 1930s. Never mind that a black man also recorded the song, the “dot connecters” have assumed that Smith, who was white, must have been a racist and therefore (more “dot connecting”) her version of “God Bless America” should not be played anymore at Yankee Stadium.
It’s ridiculous, but for the sake of argument, let's say Kate Smith was indeed a racist. Her version of "God Bless America," as I understand it, was personally chosen by the late Yankees owner George M. Steinbrenner to be played at every Yankees home game during the 7th inning stretch, since 9-11. And let’s connect some more dots…Steinbrenner must have been a racist, also, for choosing that song. Therefore, (more “dot connecting”) every single minority player that Steinbrenner has made rich since 2001 should now be principled enough to give his money back to George's surviving sons...(pending an investigation of whether Smith and Steinbrenner were really racists, of course.) After all, how can any of them in good conscience have accepted money from a “racist” who chose a “racist” to sing “God Bless America”? Do you see how ridiculous it is to go down this path of “dot connecting”?
Here are the “dots” for the Yankees to “connect.” If they give an “inch” to these demands, the folks behind them will want a “yard” and every Yankee hero in Monument Park (including Babe Ruth) who played before Jackie broke the color barrier, at one point or another, said or did something that would be considered racist today. Are the Yankees really ready to open this can of worms that the “dot connecters” are presenting to them? Will the Politically Correct next demand that Steinbrenner’s Stadium in Florida undergo a name change?
For the most part, the Yankees are off to a lousy start, and beginning to politicize “God Bless America” like the NFL has allowed our National Anthem to be politicized is not going to help attendance, I assure you. We go to baseball games and football games to escape the divisiveness of politics and Political Correctness. What really matters is that the New York Yankees have the most diverse roster of any team in baseball, not imputing racism that cannot be proven to Kate Smith or George Steinbrenner!
Chet Jelinski
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