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Kinda puts gangsta rap in a new light, doesn't it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 ( talk) 04:42, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
'Category: interesting articles that make you want to vomit' Decora ( talk) 23:56, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
"Zip Coon" was a popular song featured at minstrel shows starting the late 1820s that white blackface performers used to caricature free black men who were trying to fit in with upper class white society.
71.93.120.216 ( talk) 20:14, 13 August 2015 (UTC)RandomRacialSlurResearcher
I am little doubtful about the Whigs and raccoon etymology. When arriving in English speaking New World colonies, slaves were held in large dormitories called baracoons (similar to barracks). This term was around well before the 1830s. Haitians on H2A visas are still detained overnight in a similar fashion. 14.202.248.58 ( talk) 00:14, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
As pointed out above, the song "Zip Coon" is too important to the history of the topic to not feature in this article in a major way. Why is it left out? Could not a source to use as a reference be found? Also, including a section on Zip Coon will necessitate rewriting the section on the term's Etymology. Using the phrase "coon" to parody free blacks pre-dates the formation of the Whig Party. ShelbyMarion ( talk) 03:25, 20 April 2016 (UTC)
Not all sources appear to agree that Irving Berlin wrote "coon songs", at least not as defined in this article. In fact, I found a source that purports Berlin's work help to deconstruct the coon song by applying the stereotypes found in those songs to a general subject. The article by music historian Jurgen Kloss is here: http://www.justanothertune.com/html/berlin-rhythmicballads.html
SunriseEarth ( talk) 09:29, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
I've now reverted (twice) this wording, that describes coon songs in the opening sentence as "extremely racist". While that is unquestionably true in terms of modern thinking, they were a product of their times and I'm unsure whether that wording is supported by most sources that discuss them. What are other editors' views? Ghmyrtle ( talk) 08:21, 27 September 2020 (UTC)