This song makes me think of the Tawana Brawley incident in New York in 1987 and the Crown Heights riot in Brooklyn in 1991. I always thought the song was based on the former, though I don't recall it causing any riots. Race was an issue because she is African-American and claimed to have been raped by Caucasian men. The album this song appears on was released in 1988, so the timing is good for the Brawley incident but not the Crown Heights one.
This song makes me think of the Tawana Brawley incident in New York in 1987 and the Crown Heights riot in Brooklyn in 1991. I always thought the song was based on the former, though I don't recall it causing any riots. Race was an issue because she is African-American and claimed to have been raped by Caucasian men. The album this song appears on was released in 1988, so the timing is good for the Brawley incident but not the Crown Heights one.