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The problem with the Rolling Stones' 'Brown Sugar'

Ian Brennan

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Imagine everyone in a sold-out stadium singing along joyfully to a tune glorifying slavery, rape, torture and paedophilia, with the entire chorus led by a hyper-gesticulating 75-year-old white, male, multimillionaire. It sounds like something out of a dystopian horror film or a tale of 19th century-era evil.

Sadly, this spectacle is coming to a major city near you – right here in our post-"Get Out" world and with audiences around the globe paying princely sums to participate in the privilege.

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