- Jan 27, 2011
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Swing Low should not be banned - Johnson
Boris Johnson says he does not think Swing Low, Sweet Chariot should be banned after the Rugby Football Union announced it would review the song's use.
www.bbc.co.uk
I'm not a rugby fan so I may be walking into a political nightmare but I don't get this. Surely a song written by a 19th century slave being adopted in popular culture for the purpose of bringing people together is the antithesis of racism?
I understand heritage is important but surely banning everything that has links to the past does nothing more than whitewash history and not show how we have grown?