first off neil young is not a yankee he is Canadian. Second of all the song is about racism in general, not just in the south. It uses the South as an example because racism occuring there at the time was much more obvious than in other parts of the US. Also, the song was mostly going to be heard in the US, and thus used an example that Americans can relate to. It is not saying that all southerners are racist or that they are the only ones who are racist. It would be a pretty rediculour hippocrtical song if it did. Neil Young is brilliant and was writing to let people know that this was still going on. Obviously the song is not as simple as some of you say it is. Stop fighting about such meaningless shit.
first off neil young is not a yankee he is Canadian. Second of all the song is about racism in general, not just in the south. It uses the South as an example because racism occuring there at the time was much more obvious than in other parts of the US. Also, the song was mostly going to be heard in the US, and thus used an example that Americans can relate to. It is not saying that all southerners are racist or that they are the only ones who are racist. It would be a pretty rediculour hippocrtical song if it did. Neil Young is brilliant and was writing to let people know that this was still going on. Obviously the song is not as simple as some of you say it is. Stop fighting about such meaningless shit.