Yankees Pause Classic ‘God Bless America’ Song After Singer Accused of Racism

Yankees Pause Classic ‘God Bless America’ Song After Singer Accused of Racism
Late Singer Kate Smith performs 'God Bless America' in Philadelphia, on May 13, 1975 (AP File Photo) and New York Yankees players in New York, on April 18, 2019. Julio Cortez/AP Photo
Richard Szabo
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One of the nation’s oldest Major League Baseball teams suspended playing a classic patriotic song, which has existed for more than 80 years, because the singer was recently accused of racism.

The New York Yankees will not play the late Kate Smith’s 1938 hit “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch until an investigation into claims that her music promoted racist views has ended.

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