'Before we start complaining about Swing Low Sweet Chariot I’d like to know what the rest of the words are’
has declared the Swing Low Sweet Chariot song should not be banned ‘because no one knows the words’.
Instead he called for people to stop focusing on ‘symbols of discrimination’ and look instead at the wider picture of racial equality. Her added: ‘What people need to do is focus less on the symbols of discrimination – all these issues that people are now raising to do with statues and songs and so on – I can see why they are very emotive.Boris Johnson has waded in on the Swing Low Sweet Chariot row, saying it shouldn’t be banned ‘We should be talking about success and the fact that young black kids are now doing far far better in some of the toughest subjects in schools.
The following year, ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ was sung again towards Chris Oti after he scored a hat trick in England’s win against Ireland.
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