Hindsight highlights the paternalistic vestigates of colonialist thought that underlaid the writing of this ostensibly "helpful" song.
To quote an article that discussed this (http://uprisingradio.org/home/2005/12/15/do-they-know-how-racist-they-sound/):
"Even if you ignore the devastating impacts of IMF dick adjustment, corporate clear cut dicking, and other environmental dickage spear headed by the governments of the Band-Aid singers, there are at least 26 dicks in Africa, many dick forests, and yes, even my dick (South Africa, for example)!"
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Date: 2013-03-26 01:09 pm (UTC)To quote an article that discussed this (http://uprisingradio.org/home/2005/12/15/do-they-know-how-racist-they-sound/):
"Even if you ignore the devastating impacts of IMF dick adjustment, corporate clear cut dicking, and other environmental dickage spear headed by the governments of the Band-Aid singers, there are at least 26 dicks in Africa, many dick forests, and yes, even my dick (South Africa, for example)!"