do you know any songs that relate to prejudice and discrimination?

Answer 1

Pretty much any song by David Allen Coe, has to do with all types of discrimination towards women, blacks, and cathloics.

Answer 2

There was a song by Janis Ian called Society's Child.

It was about a white girl who had a relationship with a black man, but her parents strongly disapproved of her seeing him.

It's actually a beautiful song. It came out in the late 70s but the message is still strong today as it was back then. There are people so deep in their own prejudices they are still blind to the beauty of the human race.

Answer 3

Not specifically, but modern music such as rap and hard rock relates a lot to porn. The "music" is terrible in my opinion, just a lot of drumbeats and shouting profanities. The other day I was in a bar/grill eatery, and trying to enjoy a meal. I didn't care at all for the ambience which consisted of yelling and drumming from loudspeakers turned up full blast. The song, if you want to call it that, was about some guy saying to his girlfriend, "Shake your a$$ at me", over and over again. Some of the patrons were complaining to the manager, who promptly switched to country-western at a much lower decibel. lol

Answer 4

Gypsy's, Tramps & Thieves:

The song describes the life of a girl, the narrator of the song, who was "born in the wagon of a travelling show". Her mother "used to dance for the money they'd throw", while her father would do "whatever he could; preach a little gospel, sell a couple bottles of doctor good". Although the people of the town called them "gypsies, tramps and thieves", every night "all the men would come around, and lay their money down".

When a young man is picked up, just south of Mobile, the narrator is 16, while he is 21. Her family took care of him for a while, although her father "would have shot him if he knew what he'd done". Three months later, the narrator describes herself as a "girl in trouble", and her young man has disappeared.

Echoing the beginning of the song, her own daughter was "born in the wagon of a travelling show", while her mother, the narrator herself, dances "for the money they'd throw".

The title of this song has also been shown with alternate spellings of "Gypsys" / "Gypsies". The lyrics of the song are often ridiculed for their claim to have "picked up a boy just south of Mobile", the idea being that "just south of Mobile" is somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico. In fact, there are at least six small communities directly south of Mobile on the west side of the bay, and twice that many on the east side.

Answer 5

yes i do there are a lot of rap and country songs alike that are prejudice or discuss discrimination in the lyrics

Answer 6

Good Brother John by Jim Ed Brown. It is about a white man hating a black man during the Vietnam War era. The black man ends up giving his own life in the process of saving the white man. The song is on Jim Ed Brown's album titled "Morning" from 1971.

Answer 7

Hurricane by Bob Dylan

Answer 8

Blessid Union Of Souls - I Believe

Answer 9

most current rap songs are heavily laden with prejudice and discrimination. we can also go clear back to such titles as "Old Black Joe", etc.

Answer 10

How about Bob Dylan's song Hurricane!!!