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By: Taylor StallingMy absolute favorite Christmas song is the pinnacle of Black Christmas music: Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas.” Not only does the song embody the holiday season for me personally, but I believe that it also reflects the larger cultural importance of Black Christmas music. Imani Perry, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University, puts it this way: “‘This Christmas’ by Donny Hathaway is to Christmas as ‘Before I Let Go’ is to cookouts and as ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ is to Martin Luther King Jr. breakfasts and HBCU graduations.” And she’s absolutely right.
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