Majority Report (1972) John Lennon says that his new album ‘Woman is the Nigger of the World’ is an honest statement in support of women’s liberation. But in New York City, no radio stations except listener-sponsored WBAI-fm will air the record, most giving as their excuse that ‘black listeners’ don’t like to hear the word ‘nigger’ used by a white singer.WABC got together what the station calls a ‘mixed advisory committee’ which turned the album down unanimously. Program director Rick Sklar says they were ‘infuriated, incensed and highly charged.’Yet, according to an article in MORE, a journalism review, when the record was played for a talk show on WMCA, it was white rather than the black listeners who were offended.The offending line was the idea of Yoko Ono, who is married to Lennon. She wrote the song with her husband.Apple Records, which put out the album, is trying to buy commercial time from the stations, and plans to use it to play the whole album on the air. Here’s a video of Lennon and Yoko on the Dick Cavett show talking about and then performing the song. This is a master class in the art of trolling.
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Majority Report (1972)

John Lennon says that his new album ‘Woman is the Nigger of the World’ is an honest statement in support of women’s liberation. But in New York City, no radio stations except listener-sponsored WBAI-fm will air the record, most giving as their excuse that ‘black listeners’ don’t like to hear the word ‘nigger’ used by a white singer.

WABC got together what the station calls a ‘mixed advisory committee’ which turned the album down unanimously. Program director Rick Sklar says they were ‘infuriated, incensed and highly charged.’

Yet, according to an article in MORE, a journalism review, when the record was played for a talk show on WMCA, it was white rather than the black listeners who were offended.

The offending line was the idea of Yoko Ono, who is married to Lennon. She wrote the song with her husband.

Apple Records, which put out the album, is trying to buy commercial time from the stations, and plans to use it to play the whole album on the air.

Here’s a video of Lennon and Yoko on the Dick Cavett show talking about and then performing the song. This is a master class in the art of trolling.

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