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=**Racism- 1970's- Rock and Roll**=

Racism in the 1970's, despite the civil rights movement, was still strong. A good song to represent this form of discrimination is the song Black and White, by Three Dog Night, which tells that races can get along and make a better world. It tells how black and white go together in so many ways to make great combinations; why could it not be this way in humans? Why can't we live alongside each other in peace, as the ink on a page?

Lyrics:

 * Black and White**

The ink is black The page is white Together we learn to read and write The child is black The child is white The whole world looks upon the sight The beautiful sight

And now a child can understand That this is the law of all the land All the land

The world is black The world is white It turns by day and then by night The child is black The child is white Together they grow to see the light To see the light

And now at last we plainly see We'll have a dance of liberty The world is black The world is white It turns by day and then by night The child is black The child is white The whole world looks upon the sight The beautiful sight

The world is black The world is white Tt turns by day and the by night The child is black The child is white Together they grow to see the light To see the light

(repeat last two verses)

Meaning:
I think that this song represents that many things that are black and white go together, so why shouldn't this be true with people? This is saying that people of different ethnicity SHOULD go together. They SHOULD be able work and live together, because we are all people, and we all want liberty.

Sources:
Three Dog Night Lyrics