We are not born as RACISTS.
“You've got to be taught to hate and fear. You've got to be taught from year to year,
It's
got to be drummed in your dear little ear. You've got to be
carefully taught.
You've
got to be taught to be afraid of people whose eyes are oddly made,
and
people whose skin is a different shade. You've got to be carefully
taught.
You've
got to be taught before it's too late, before you are six or seven or
eight,
to
hate all the people your relatives hate. You've got to be carefully
taught,” *
*
lyrics from the 1949 musical “South Pacific” by Rodgers &
Hammerstein
posted by Goldendaze-Ginnie at 11:00 AM
6 Comments:
Oh so true! I’ve never seen South Pacific.
This was such a classic show and the lyrics on this tune so true!
Loved South Pacific and that song. But with a little luck we can be born into a mildly racist family like I was and not be one ourselves.
70 years ago and still . . .
What a shame that of all the wonderful traits that could be taught, some people still teach their children to be racists. For them, it is the only way they can think of to make themselves superior to other people.
My mom saved me single handedly from this awful plague..
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