Juluka - Scatterlings of Africa (1982)
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[Verse 1]
Copper sun sinking low
Scatterlings and fugitives
Hooded eyes and weary brows
Seek refuge in the night

[Chorus]
They are the scatterlings of Africa
Each uprooted one
On the road to Phelamanga
Where the world began

And I love the scatterlings of Africa
Each and every one
In their hearts a burning hunger
Beneath the copper sun

[Bridge]
Broken wall, bicycle wheel
African sun forging steel, singing
Magic machine cannot match
Human being human being
African idea
African idea
Make the future clear
Make the future clear
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[Chorus]
They are the scatterlings of Africa
Each uprooted one
On the road to Phelamanga
Beneath the copper sun

And for the scatterlings of Africa
The journey has begun
Future find their hungry eyes
Beneath the copper sun

[Verse 3]
Ancient bones from Olduvai
Echoes of the very first cry
"Who made me here, and why
Beneath this copper sun?"

My very first beginnings
Beneath the copper sky
Lie deeply buried
In the dust of Olduvai

[Chorus]
And we are scatterlings of Africa
Both you and I
We are on the road to Phelamanga
Beneath a copper sky
...

So much history in the lyrics of that song.

Style - Telephone (U.S.A. re-mix - 12" version) (1985)
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Wow, lyrics seem to be scarce ....

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...The appeals court noted that the North Carolina Legislature "requested data on the use, by race, of a number of voting practices" -- then, data in hand, "enacted legislation that restricted voting and registration in five different ways, all of which disproportionately affected African Americans."

The changes to the voting process "target African Americans with almost surgical precision," the circuit court wrote, and "impose cures for problems that did not exist."

The appeals court suggested that the motivation was fundamentally political -- a Republican legislature attempting to secure its power by blocking votes from a population likely to vote for Democrats....

Police in CT use force on Black arrestees more often than on white ones, UConn study finds
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... A new report shows that police appear to use force more often on Black people during arrests than on white arrestees, according to one of its authors.

The report by the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at the University of Connecticut also shows it is unusual for police to use force in Connecticut, and that a small group of departments may be responsible for most of it, said Ken Barone, the institute's associate director.

The 74-page report is the result of the second statewide use-of-force study produced under a state law. It is based on an analysis of 1,516 use-of-force incidents reported by 83 police agencies across the state. The study period was from July 1, 2022 through Dec. 31, 2023.

The study looked at race and saw a disparities when comparing the number of times force was used on Black people when compared to how many Black people were arrested during the 18-month time period: Black individuals represented 41% of all subjects in use-of-force incidents, but only 34% of arrests, the study found. ...

Martha and the Muffins - Black Stations/White Stations (1984)
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Black Stations/White Stations
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... The song's title deals with the subject of racism in the radio industry, at a time when more cutting-edged songs and the radio stations in general were starting to open up to newer formats like rhythmic contemporary, which genre this song predates.

It also took on how station policies dictates what can or can not be played on air. ...

The single was also controversial in its own right, as radio stations avoided playing the single because of the song's title and lyrics[citation needed] despite being a modest hit in Canada, where it reached No. 26. In the United States, the single peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 2 on the Dance/Disco chart, where it reached number 2 in 1984.[2] ...