‘Jingle Bells’ Is Racist, Claims Video Shared by Joy Reid — Sparking Christmas Culture War
- Joy Reid shared a video claiming that "Jingle Bells" was written to mock Black people and has roots in bigoted minstrel shows, citing its composer, James Lord Pierpont, as a Confederate soldier.
- Following Reid's comments, one school in New York has reportedly banned "Jingle Bells" from its Christmas concert.
- The claim about the song's racist origins comes from a 2017 article by Boston University professor Kyna Hamill.
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MSNBC Host Joy Reid Attacks "Jingle Bells" Christmas Song As Being "Racist" - The American Tribune.com
Totally embarrassing herself, former MSNBC host Joy Reid reposted a viral Instagram video alleging “Jingle Bells” was written by Confederate soldier James Pierpont as a racist mockery of Black people via blackface minstrel shows, citing his use of slurs in other works. The clip claims the 1857 song “One Horse Open Sleigh” caricatured winter activities engaged in by black Americans. Based on Kyna Hamill’s 2017 paper on its minstrel performance hi…
Joy Reid Wants You To Know 'Jingle Bells' Is Racist
The 2024 OutKick Woke All-Star Challenge champion, Joy Reid, is back and ready to prove she's woker than ever. How's she going to do that? By sharing a video where a black man in a Christmas sweater and Santa hat claims that "Jingle Bells" is racist. Let's go ahead and put words into Joy's mouth and say that Joy agrees that "Jingle Bells" is racist because she's a race-peddler who has a Woke All-Star Challenge belt on her resume. You don't win a…
Joy-less Joy Reid gets it wrong again with claim 'Jingle Bells' is racist · American Wire News
Failed MSNBC host Joy Reid is doing her best to spoil Christmas cheer with her never-ending race-baiting hustle. Reid shared a video of a young man standing by a site in Medford, Massachusetts, where James Lord Pierpont is believed to have written the song in 1850. “This is where a racist Confederate soldier wrote ‘Jingle Bells’ to make fun of black people,” a caption on the video shared by Reid read. The captions continued to claim that the son…
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