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My Old Kentucky Home
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Minstrel songs like ‘The Eyes of Texas’ were once common on college football Saturdays in the South
Tunes such as ‘Dixie’ and ‘My Old Kentucky Home’ reframed grueling Black physical labor as a subject of light entertainment for white fans
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‘My Old Kentucky Home’ has no place in a US sporting event
A closer look at the lyrics of a song that is synonymous with the Kentucky Derby