Black History Month II

Lynyrd Skynyrd (nyrdnyrdnyrd?) performed at the Grammys t'other day, and played Sweet Home Alabama. During Black History Month. Is it a racist song? I suppose that depends on what you think of the Skynyrd vs. Neil Young "controversy"--if you think about it at all. Is it a satiric take in southern pride? I suppose that depends on whether anyone believes Ronnie Van Zant was smart enough to spell "satirical," much less be it.

Point: poor taste to play it during February. Better point: proves that no one even remembered that February is Black History Month. Even better point: Southerners need to embrace black southern music (especially the variant of rap that holds a top spot in the genre), because the Grammys proved that country music and "southern" rock both suck big, fat dicks these days. Have you ever seen a bigger bunch of pussies than the men who sing "country" songs these days? I mean, outside of Duke University.