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  • Janis Ian
    Janis Ian

    …and ’70s, most notably “Society’s Child (Baby I’ve Been Thinking),” the story of a white girl pressured by her family and society to relinquish her Black boyfriend. Ian recorded the song in 1965, when she was 14 years old, and released it in 1966. The following year, “Society’s Child”…

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    …and ’70s, most notably “Society’s Child (Baby I’ve Been Thinking),” the story of a white girl pressured by her family and society to relinquish her Black boyfriend. Ian recorded the song in 1965, when she was 14 years old, and released it in 1966. The following year, “Society’s Child”…

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