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New Hampshire fight song nixed as racist.(University of New Hampshire, hockey team song)(Brief article)

Women in Higher Education

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A rock song called "Black Betty" used to fire up the University of New Hampshire hockey team for about 10 years finally has been banned as "theoretically racist."

The NAACP called the song offensive to black women when it came out nearly 30 years ago, and the school has had intermittent complaints about it for years, from its league and a student group studying diversity. Just ...

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