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Marylands state song, Maryland, My Maryland, a controversial ballad with lyrics that celebrate the Confederacy and that many consider to be racist, will not be played in Baltimore next month when the third leg of the Triple Crown runs at Pimlico Race Course.
David Joseph, a spokesman for the owners of the Maryland Jockey Club and Pimlico Race Course, said Friday that they look forward to starting a new tradition at the Preakness.
The decision comes as calls are being made across the country to do away with monuments to and statutes of historical figures who represent a legacy of slavery and racism and as professional football and basketball players protest police brutality and racial injustice.
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Celerity
(42,630 posts)Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)Belmont was run in June then the Derby last Saturday
I didn't realize Maryland, My Maryland had controversial lyrics. Good job to pull it.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)Coventina
(26,844 posts)Quit celebrating a backward sport that runs on the deaths of animals.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)That would be more than an equitable trade, for the benefit of the entire planet
Apparently it is clever around here to attack horse racing in entirety, no matter the subtopic. The thread could be discovery of a cancer cure at a racetrack bathroom and posters would scream to get rid of the sport
Coventina
(26,844 posts)I 100% agree that cats should be kept as indoor pets only. It's best for them and everyone else.
Raine
(30,540 posts)this abusive "sport" should've been ended long long ago.
edhopper
(33,164 posts)I hear the distant thunder-hum,
Maryland!
The Old Line's bugle, fife, and drum,
Maryland!
She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb-
Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum!
She breathes! she burns! she'll come! she'll come!
Maryland! My Maryland!
Interactive explanation here
https://cnsmaryland.org/interactives/spring-2016/state-song/index.html