PAUL ROBESON
Sir,-I was amazed to read T.L.M.’s letter regarding Paul Robeson. His reaction to the line, "All the odder Black ‘Trash sleepin’ on de floor" is astounding. I am sure that I am not alone in thinking that it is this very line that makes a somewhat trite song poignant, especially when sung by a Negro. Mr. Robesoh is too fine an artist, and too shrewd a propagandist (I use the word in its best sense) for his race not to appreciate to the full the innocent irony of the words, Thank goodness, millions of listeners all over the world will not* agree with T.L.M.’s dislike of Robeson’s records. Almost. everything Robeson touches te adorns, and people feel, when they are listening to his records, that not only are they listening to a great and sensitive artist, but to a great man as well. No living Negro has done more for the elevation of his race, both from an artistic and a political pnoin+ of view.
WHITE TRASH
(sland Bay).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 451, 13 February 1948, Page 5
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171PAUL ROBESON New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 451, 13 February 1948, Page 5
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