You've Got to Be Carefully Taught

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song

"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" is a pointed anti-racism song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific* that confronts how prejudice is learned from an early age.

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Label Occurrences
You've Got to Be Carefully Taught canonical 3
You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
associatedWith Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ
anti-racism movement ⓘ
composer Richard Rodgers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceIn South Pacific (stage musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1949 ⓘ
form solo song ⓘ
genre anti-racism song ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasMessage prejudice is learned, not innate ⓘ
hasSubject intolerance ⓘ
racial prejudice ⓘ
socialization ⓘ
includedIn original Broadway production of South Pacific ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalFocus how children are taught to hate ⓘ
the social conditioning of racism ⓘ
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
medium stage musical song ⓘ
musical South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor controversial treatment of race in mid-20th-century musical theatre ⓘ
explicit condemnation of racism ⓘ
partOfWork South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInContextOf World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
sungByCharacter Lieutenant Cable NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme bigotry ⓘ
learned behavior ⓘ
prejudice ⓘ
racism ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
writers Rodgers and Hammerstein NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Pacific (1958 film) → notableSong → You've Got to Be Carefully Taught ⓘ
South Pacific (stage production) → notableSong → You've Got to Be Carefully Taught ⓘ
South Pacific (1999 film) → featuresSong → You've Got to Be Carefully Taught ⓘ
Lieutenant Joseph Cable → singsSong → You've Got to Be Carefully Taught ⓘ
this entity surface form: You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught