Reality check… mentioned this song in class today in discussion of racial discrimination in Boston mortgage market…

This little song that I’m singin’ about,
People, you all know that it’s true,
If you’re black and gotta work for livin’,
Now, this is what they will say to you,
They says: “If you was white,
You’s alright,
If you was brown,
Stick around,
But if you’s black, oh, brother,
Get back, get back, get back.”

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Economist at Santa Clara University and Director of Friends of African Village Libraries.
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