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“ Are we too blind to see “
In 1969, a song written by Mac Davis and recorded by Elvis Presley was released. It was a part of his comeback tour and captured an age in America that has remained mostly unchanged. The song was In The Ghetto, one of the stanzas in the song / poetry of that age, is this.
“ People, don’t you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he’ll grow to be an angry young man some day?
Take a look at you and me
Are we too blind to see
Do we simply turn our heads, and look the other way? “
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Mac Davis
In the Ghetto lyrics © Sony/atv Songs Llc, Elvis Presley Music, R & H Music Company, Sony Atv Songs Llc
Fast forward a mere 51 years, and we are here once again. This time it’s “ Can’t Breathe “ six years ago it was “ Hands Up, Don’t Shoot “
Let’s go back a few more years to August 11, 1965. I would turn 12 that year, and I was living in Garden Grove, California. We lived close to a four lane highway that was always busy. Except for several days and nights in the following week. I remember standing in the front yard and looking North, where high on the hill you could see Disney Land all lit up. And below it and just West of lit up Castle…
