• Semoyon
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    Black americans. im not kidding. its part Black poor american roots, part bored white americans getting inspired by Black american music/culture then building off of it, and then a big part is our country pours INSANE amounts of value into entertainment. food, music, cinema, amusement parks. and also americentricism, which is america needing to be the loudest kid on the playground more or less.

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      finding out Stephen Foster was a poor black american

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        1000% stephen foster was my great great great great great great great grandpapa

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          legit zero chance sorry to tell you, Stephen Foster had one daughter, and she only had one child as well, also way too many greats, he was alive during the civil war

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            goddamn it

            i will admit i’ve probably never given his work a listen. are you on a stephen foster kick lately

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              I love his music, I’m always bumping Stephen Foster, one of the greatest musicians of all time

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    Most American music is just mid pop slop that gets artificially pumped up to be ‘world famous’ anyway