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Originally Posted by cledussnow
Oh! He mentions slavery...
So what.
I HATE when people act like if you make reference to the historical fact that was slavery, somehow you are condoning or promoting it.
Lets all pretend all the bad stuff in the history of the world never happened.
There are definite sexist/racist songs out there, but to include "Brown Sugar" among them is really pushing things a bit far imo.
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Well, like I said, I don't think he's promoting racism in the song—in fact, I'm a fan of the song—I'm just answering your question about why someone would find it racist. And it's more than just "mentioning slavery", the whole subject of the song involves sexual torture of slaves. Even Jagger himself has said he has misgivings about the lyrics.