"Whitey on the Moon" is a 1970 spoken word poem by Gil Scott-Heron. (with Whitey on the moon) [2] Scott-Heron speaks the poem,[3] alongside a drum accompaniment of a sort that was common in street poetry. It tells of medical debt, high taxes and poverty experienced during the Apollo Moon landings.

Wir haben hier ein Gedicht, das heißt "Der weiße Mann ist auf dem Mond" Es wurde inspiriert durch ein paar weiße Männer, die auf dem Mond waren. (but Whitey's on the moon) My words of appreciation for his work and life are small before his talent. Scott-Heron's mother suggested the refrain and the closing line.[1]. [4] The first lines of the poem run as follows: A rat done bit my sister Nell. Der weiße Mann ist auf dem Mond. Die Steuern fressen meinen ganzen Lohn auf, Und als ob der ganze Scheiß noch nicht genug wäre -, War das ganze Geld, das ich im letzten Jahr verdient habe. Gil Scott-Heron may have been America's "greatest living blues singer," as historian and journalist Brian Berger contends, before his death at 62 yesterday. Wir haben hier ein Gedicht, das heißt "Der weiße Mann ist auf dem Mond". What about Bleichgesicht ? The Voice This Voice Singer Was … We want to hear what you think about this article. Ten years from now I'll be paying still. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com. (but Whitey's on the moon) I wonder why he's upping me? The price of food is going up, I think I'll send these doctor bills, Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology. Mein Vermieter hat gestern die Miete erhöht. Novel author Karl Mai invented the term "Bleichgesichter". I wuz already paying him fifty a week. Ich glaube, ich schicke die Arztrechnungen. "[6] In the film, the poem is read over footage of the Apollo 1 disaster and of people protesting the space program. Whitey's on the moon) (with Whitey on the moon)

It ends with the sarcastic promise that when the next bills arrive, Scott-Heron would send them by "air mail special to Whitey on the moon". "Whitey on the Moon" was prominently featured in the 2018 biographical film about Neil Armstrong, First Man. ich 'wage' mich... Ukrainian Folk - Ой у лісі, на горісі, Cоловей Cпіває (Oy u lisi, na horisi, Colovey Cpivaye), Gretchen Wilson - When I Think About Cheatin'.

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(to Whitey on the moon). (Hmm! Though I still think the hunger for the technological sublime crosses racial boundaries, it destabilized the ease with which people could use "our" in that kind of sentence.

are those used at all? With Jurnee Smollett, Jonathan Majors, Aunjanue Ellis, Courtney B. Vance. Director Damien Chazelle and writer Josh Singer sought to portray the "passionate feelings" of those opposed to the cost of the program: Singer stated he was interested in "pulling the veneer off" of what had been a "pretty sugarcoated story. "[4] The poem critiques the US space program, by connecting its use of government funds to the marginalization of Black Americans. We probably don't have enough blacks here so that they could have created a nick-term for the whites. Y'know I just about had my fill It was also featured in the second episode of HBO’s Lovecraft Country. [6] It was performed by Leon Bridges, and included on the movie's soundtrack album. [1], The 2018 film First Man, a biographical film about Neil Armstrong, prominently features "Whitey on the Moon."