" This one lyric was originally sung by Cooke in 1963 during a time where a change desperately needed to come. ... This is when your social status depends on the color of your skin or where you come from, rather than who you are and what you could make of yourself. It also shows that racism in this country has evolved and has been perfected and in a sense hidden into what you may see today. ...

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