As the Black Lives Matter movement grew in reaction to the lack of - TopicsExpress



          

As the Black Lives Matter movement grew in reaction to the lack of indictments in the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, Michael Jacksons 1995 song They Dont Care About Us was resurrected at the grass roots level in many cities including Ferguson, New York, and California. They Dont Care About Us was denounced by The New York Times even before its release, and did not reach much of its intended audience because the controversy caused by the New York Times article would go on to overshadow the song itself. Radio stations were reluctant to play it and one of the short films Jackson created for the song was banned in the U.S.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 22:50:36 +0000

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