The team said it made its decision out of a preference for “erring on the side of sensitivity.” Smith had a 1931 hit with “That’s Why Darkies Were Born,” and she also recorded a song titled “Pickaninny Heaven.”
The Philadelphia Flyers show Kate Smith before a 2010 Stanley Cup finals game against the Chicago Blackhawks. By Des Bieler Des Bieler Sports reporter covering national topics, including fantasy football, as well as supporting coverage of D.C.
“The Yankees have been made aware of a recording that had been previously unknown to us and decided to immediately and carefully review this new information,” a club spokesman told the Daily News. “The Yankees take social, racial and cultural insensitivities very seriously.Smith and her rendition of “God Bless America” have been most closely associated in the sports world with the Philadelphia Flyers, who had a decades-long stretch of remarkable success in games preceded by her version.
Smith, who was born in Greenville, Va., grew up in the Washington, D.C., area and was nicknamed “The Songbird of the South,” died in 1986 at age of 79. She was one of the first big stars of radio and also appeared on Broadway and in several movies. In 1939, a cartoon ad for a baking powder Smith endorsed featured a “Mammy Doll,” a bandanna-clad figure meant to evoke stereotypical notions of black women in the kitchen, along the lines of Aunt Jemima. In the ad, a “Mammy” character tells a white woman who is bad at cooking, “You jes ain’t got a way wid an oven, honey chile!” After subsequently using a recipe book by Smith to successfully bake a cake, the woman sends the doll to the delighted singer as a gesture of gratitude.
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