You 've Got to Be Carefully Taught - wikipedia You 've Got to Be Carefully Taught `` You 've Got to Be Carefully Taught '' Song Published 1949 Genre Showtune Composer ( s ) Richard Rodgers Lyricist ( s ) Oscar Hammerstein II `` You 've Got to Be Carefully Taught '' ( sometimes `` You 've Got to Be Taught '' or `` Carefully Taught '' ) is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. South Pacific received scrutiny for its commentary regarding relationships between different races and ethnic groups. In particular, `` You 've Got to Be Carefully Taught '' was subject to widespread criticism, judged by some to be too controversial or downright inappropriate for the musical stage. Sung by the character Lieutenant Cable, the song is preceded by a line saying racism is `` not born in you ! It happens after you 're born... '' Rodgers and Hammerstein risked the entire South Pacific venture in light of legislative challenges to its decency or supposed Communist agenda. While the show was on a tour of the Southern United States, lawmakers in Georgia introduced a bill outlawing entertainment containing `` an underlying philosophy inspired by Moscow. '' One legislator said that `` a song justifying interracial marriage was implicitly a threat to the American way of life. '' Rodgers and Hammerstein defended their work strongly. James Michener, upon whose stories South Pacific was based, recalled, `` The authors replied stubbornly that this number represented why they had wanted to do this play, and that even if it meant the failure of the production, it was going to stay in. '' References Jump up ^ Andrea Most, `` ' You 've Got to Be Carefully Taught ' : The Politics of Race in Rodgers and Hammerstein 's South Pacific '' Theatre Journal 52, no. 3 ( October 2000 ), 306. ^ Jump up to : Most, `` You 've Got to Be Carefully Taught, '' 307. Rodgers and Hammerstein Stage musicals Oklahoma ! Carousel Allegro South Pacific The King and I Me and Juliet Pipe Dream Flower Drum Song The Sound of Music A Grand Night for Singing State Fair Cinderella Productions I Remember Mama Annie Get Your Gun Happy Birthday John Loves Mary Show Boat The Happy Time Burning Bright Films State Fair Oklahoma ! Carousel The King and I South Pacific Flower Drum Song State Fair The Sound of Music Cinderella Television Cinderella The Sound of Music Live ! Songs `` Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin ' '' `` The Surrey with the Fringe on Top '' `` Kansas City '' `` I Cai n't Say No '' `` Many a New Day '' `` It 's a Scandal ! It 's a Outrage ! '' `` People Will Say We 're in Love '' `` Lonely Room '' `` The Farmer and the Cowman '' `` All Er Nuthin ' '' `` Oklahoma '' `` If I Loved You '' `` Soliloquy '' `` You 'll Never Walk Alone '' `` It Might as Well Be Spring '' `` That 's for Me '' `` A Fellow Needs a Girl '' `` So Far '' `` Some Enchanted Evening '' `` There Is Nothing Like a Dame '' `` Bali Ha'i '' `` I 'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair '' `` I 'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy '' `` Younger Than Springtime '' `` Happy Talk '' `` You 've Got to Be Carefully Taught '' `` I Whistle a Happy Tune '' `` Hello, Young Lovers '' `` Getting to Know You '' `` We Kiss in a Shadow '' `` Something Wonderful '' `` I Have Dreamed '' `` Shall We Dance ? '' `` No Other Love '' `` I Enjoy Being a Girl '' `` The Sound of Music '' `` Maria '' `` My Favorite Things '' `` Do - Re-Mi '' `` Sixteen Going on Seventeen '' `` The Lonely Goatherd '' `` Climb Ev'ry Mountain '' `` So Long, Farewell '' `` No Way to Stop It '' `` Edelweiss '' Related articles `` Something Good '' The Sound of Music The Sound of Music : Music from the NBC Television Event James A. Michener 's Tales of the South Pacific ( 1947 ) Characters Bloody Mary Adaptations South Pacific ( 1949 musical ) Awards and nominations South Pacific ( 1958 film ) South Pacific ( 2001 film ) Songs `` Some Enchanted Evening '' `` There Is Nothing Like a Dame '' `` Bali Ha'i '' `` I 'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair '' `` I 'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy '' `` Younger Than Springtime '' `` Happy Talk '' `` You 've Got to Be Carefully Taught '' Albums South Pacific ( 1958 soundtrack ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27ve_Got_to_Be_Carefully_Taught&oldid=787983368 '' Categories : 1949 songs Songs against racism and xenophobia Songs from South Pacific ( musical ) Barbra Streisand songs Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 28 June 2017, at 19 : 30. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: song from south pacific you've got to be carefully taught
Answer: a show tune