Pop Song of the Week: “Society's Child”
A performance by 16-year-old Janis Ian of her 1966 hit “Society's Child” on the old Smothers Brothers TV show.
Yes, times have changed since this song was first released. Interracial couples are more common now and they no longer get the automatic scorn that they used to get. After all, one member of the Supreme Court is the male half of an interracial marriage and, of course, the current U.S. President is the child of an interracial marriage.
But after hearing a Hispanic friend speak quite recently of the trouble her niece has been having since she started dating an African-American, I can't help but think that they haven't changed as much as they should have.
A performance by 16-year-old Janis Ian of her 1966 hit “Society's Child” on the old Smothers Brothers TV show.
Yes, times have changed since this song was first released. Interracial couples are more common now and they no longer get the automatic scorn that they used to get. After all, one member of the Supreme Court is the male half of an interracial marriage and, of course, the current U.S. President is the child of an interracial marriage.
But after hearing a Hispanic friend speak quite recently of the trouble her niece has been having since she started dating an African-American, I can't help but think that they haven't changed as much as they should have.
Labels: Amor Interracial, Canciones Populares de la Semana, Janis Ian, Los Hermanos Smothers, Música de los Años 1960, Raza
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