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Calling it Lee anything is pretty dark. The name comes from slavery and and discrimination. It is tied to white supremacy groups that go around and hang African Americans they don't like. Black Americans were dragged out of houses by a mob and then beaten heavily before finally being hung on a tree branch. (The KKK is the group I'm referring to)
Of course this was not all of America and this kind of behavior has since stopped and we now we aim to stop racism not promote it.
Here are the lyrics to a Billie Holiday song called "strange fruit" (it is in reference to lynchings)
[Verse 1]
Southern trees bear a strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
[Verse 2]
Pastoral scene of the gallant south The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
[Verse 3]
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop
Why does he have a Chinese last name?
I don't think Lee is Chinese only
I always find it weird and amusing when two distinctly different cultures from across the world come up with the same mouth sounds.
The word for mother is very similar across languages which is wild. It isn't even the only similar word.