The article, written in the early 20th century, has nothing to do with sad songs in the, "sad songs hurt so good sense", but rather in the African American's sh

The article, written in the early 20th century, has nothing to do with sad songs in the, "sad songs hurt so good sense", but rather in the African American's shared pain (from slavery) and catharsis through music. I suspect the same holds true for the American Indian, Jews, and any other enslaved/victims-of-genocide peoples. Not that all humans don't suffer, far from it, but the article in question is decidedly not about that sad song on the radio.