Pop Culture Essay
Neil Young has made a career out of writing intelligent, poetic music that has related to a wide range of people for 40 years. His songs consist of insightful storytelling and music that conveys the intended emotions of that song, appealing to the variety of human emotion, thus making his music accessible to so many people. One of his favorite themes is exposing social inequalities and injustice. In a song he released in 1970 titled "Southern Man", he sings of racial prejudice in the southern states of the United States. More specifically he refers to the era of black slavery and the hypocrisy of these slave traders, owners and their entire society that either supported these atrocious practices, or merely turned a blind eye to the truth of the situation.
In the first verse of Southern Man, Neil sings "Southern Man, better keep your head. Don't forget what your good book said. Southern change, gonna come at last.
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