I Wish I Was In Dixie Song Analysis

All throughout time there are songs that have been seen as controversial, with the song I Wish I Was in Dixie which deals with slavery and racism to the song One in a Million by Guns N’ Roses which talks about homophobia, racism, nativism, and xenophobia. One such song that has withstood the test of time is Dear Mr. President by P!nk, this song references the shortcomings of President George. W. Bush specifically the homeless, abortion, the Iraq War in 2003, the President’s lack of empathy for the poor and middle class, and the President’s disapproval of homosexuality. When the song was released there was a “radio ban” placed on it meaning that the song was not played on U.S. radio stations, similar to what happened to the Dixie Chicks after …show more content…
/ How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye? ” and “Let me tell you ‘bout hard work / Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away ” are in direct reference to the Iraq War. The Iraq War began on March 19, 2003 because it was believed that the dictator Saddam Hussein was on the verge of creating, or had created a weapon of mass destruction, and to free the people of Iraq from their dictator . The Iraq War was only supposed to be an invasion to take down the dictator, but it developed in to a full fledged conflict even though the President declared the end of major combat operations on May 1 2003 . The American public supported this war as it was only two years after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center that shook the United States and the world to its core. This war was part of the President’s promise to combat terror in the Middle East which was sparked after the 9/11 attacks ; as well one major contributing force to continue the Iraq War was the terrorist group Al Qaeda which was responsible for the 9/11 attack. As well one major thing that happened in the Iraq War was that the Iraqi guerrilla forces, which came after the Iraqi military surrendered, would play on the morality of the American soldiers by using women and children as human shields so that the Americans could not shoot them . The American soldiers used bombs throughout the Iraq War focusing mainly on political, or …show more content…
Bush was not able to empathize with the poor and middle class because of his upbringing. Born to parents Barbra, and George H. W. Bush in to a wealthy, political family as his father was the 41 President of the United States, and his grandfather, Prescott Bush, was a former senator, and banker . As said by Mark Feldstein a professor of journalism at the University of Maryland “he grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth .” With this style of growing up he could never understand the issues that the poor and the middle class go through. P!nk illustrates this through the lyrics “What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street? ” and “Let me tell you 'bout hard work /Minimum wage with a baby on the way ” and “Let me tell you 'bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box ”. Through these lyrics it shows P!nk’s point of view that even though the President says that he understands the plights of the people, he does not. As P!nk says in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel “These are my questions, they’re not theoretical. I think they’re questions that a lot of people have and we could probably use some answers ” though it is evident with the backlash that the song received is that if others did have these questions they are not ready to ask these because of fear of becoming