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  1. Jan 27, 2022 · Neil Young targets Southern Whites as the personification of institutionalized American racism and the hatred that goes along with that system.

  2. Jan 25, 2024 · In “Southern Man,” Young commented on racism in the southern part of the United States during the Civil Rights Movement.

  3. The lyrics of "Southern Man" describe the racism towards blacks in the American South. In the song, Young tells the story of a white man (symbolically the entire white South) and how he mistreated his slaves.

  4. Southern Man Lyrics: Southern man better keep your head / Don't forget what your good book said / Southern change gonna come at last / Now your crosses are burning fast / Southern man /...

  5. Southern Man Lyrics: Southern man / better keep your head / Don't forget / what your good book said / Southern change / gonna come at last / Now your crosses / are burning fast / Southern man / / I saw cotton / and I saw black / Tall white mansions / and little shacks.

  6. The song is about the struggles of African Americans in the American South. The protagonist questions when white people will repay black people for their exploitation and discrimination.

  7. Southern Man by Neil Young song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position

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