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Short Report 3 - Alarmanda Tahu “They Don’t Really Care About Us” - Michael Jackson From the album HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book I “They Don’t Really Care About Us” is a composition that was written and produced by the late Michael “King of Pop” Jackson. This song is featured on Jackson’s most controversial album HIStory: Past, Present and Future Book I. It was also the fourth of five singles released from this album. It expresses the suffering inflicted by hate and prejudice focussing on social and political issues. HIStory The release of HIStory was the return of Jackson following the accusation of child sexual abuse in August 1993. The album was recorded from September 1994 to March 1995 then released on June 16, 1995 by Epic…show more content…
HIStory Begins is the name of the first disc which contains a collection of Jackson’s greatest hits from 1975 onward. “They Don’t Really Care About Us” was a new song on the second disc with all new material HIStory Continues. The material from HIStory Continues relate to the accusation of child sexual abuse and to the media’s exploitation of Jackson. The songs also express themes of injustice, greed and environmental awareness. “They Don’t Really Care About Us” “They Don’t Really Care About Us” has been labelled Michael Jackson’s most controversial song. It was successful internationally and less successful within the U.S. and had Jackson accused of racial discrimination. Specifically, Jackson had been accused of anti-Semitism by The New York Times on June 15, 1995. "Jew me, sue me, everybody do me/ Kick me, kike me, don't you black or white me" were the lyrics highlighted within the article which the publication labelled slurs. Jackson stated, ”The idea that these lyrics could be deemed objectionable is extremely hurtful to me, and misleading. The song in fact is about the pain of prejudice and hate and is a way to draw attention to social and political

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