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By: Regina

Regina — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:09:13 +0000

Yeah, all cultures have stuff like that – it is probably a way of telling the kids about the wide and dangerous world out there.

By: Iara

Iara — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:18:03 +0000

I guess I wrongly used the expression “better off” on my last post, I meant “better out”

By: Iara

Iara — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:04:09 +0000

I agree those songs are better off our repertory of lullabies but, in my opinion, nothing is worse than Halloween, widely celebrated in US. That stuff is sure scary: blood, decapitated heads, monsters of all kinds, ghosts… I guess every culture has its flaws…

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By: Regina

Regina — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:30:46 +0000

One more thing: both you and many people that commented on this post bring up the fact that violence is also present in lullabies of other cultures. I don’t dispute that, but my question is: they are everywhere, but should they be in our toddler’s bedrooms? Well, they don’t enter my baby’s room, this I can tell you. Neither in Portuguese, nor in English or in French.

By: rescharf

rescharf — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:24:25 +0000

Thaddeus, I agree that it is debatable if Boi da Cara Preta is racist, but a Black friend once told me he was insulted by the fact that the color of the ox was mentioned to reinforce the fact that he is scary and mean. I think it is sort of a borderline case. Maybe the song is not relevant as an isolated case, but when you mix it with other messages (angels are blond and blue eyed, Jesus is red haired and blue eyed, the Devil is normally depicted in dark red and black…), maybe there is something there.

By: Thaddeus Blanchette

Thaddeus Blanchette — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:51:01 +0000

I just can’t figure out why “Boi de cara preta” is supposedly “vaguely racist”. Because it mentions a color? How about “Black bird” by the Beatles, then?

With regards to “scaring kids”… C’mon! ALL cultures do this. The Brothers Grimm have already been mentioned, but I”ll also point out that scary movies are rarely produced for matuyre viewers in the U.S.

I bet you stayed up to see the Late Night Horror Extravaganza on T.V. when you were a kid!

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