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Woman (Is The Nigger of the World)

Apr 28th, 2008 at 8:51 pm by Susie

John & Yoko:

Lots of controversy when the song came out in 1972, with several black leaders coming to their defense.

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7 Responses to “Woman (Is The Nigger of the World)”

on 28 Apr 2008 at 9:34 pm1Sarana

Thank you for posting this video–I had completely forgotten about this song. Amazing!
on 29 Apr 2008 at 12:39 am2sister of ye

I doubt you’d get any current civil rights leaders defending them today.

It occurred to me the other day - all the people who say it’s time for a black man to be president, so the white woman can wait - where were they four years ago when Carol Mosely Brown, a black woman, was running?
on 29 Apr 2008 at 1:22 am3Macjazz

Great song … while Paulie was churning out cotton candy, Lennon was serving up real meals.

I don’t know what this “the white woman can wait” stuff is about, any more than I would understand “the black man can wait”. Thought we were supposed to be in this thing together. John and Yoko understood it.
on 29 Apr 2008 at 8:57 am4k

What blows me away is the amount of mainstream coverage that was given this. The ideas were considered controversial, yet worthy of consideration.
It occurs to me that it might have been my age and place, but Cavett was very, very close to prime time, and on ABC. ‘Course, that was them glory days, back then.
on 29 Apr 2008 at 12:06 pm5Bluegrass Poet

Oh my soul, they look so young and idealistic.

Thanks!
on 29 Apr 2008 at 1:57 pm6twandx

Now that’s how young people, progressives, activists should be - not screaming masses of idol worshippers proclaiming the BO is messiah.
on 30 Apr 2008 at 9:28 am7steveeboy

yep, I can definitely see lennon supporting the DLC candidate that voted to invade and occupy iraq!

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