Several songs and scenes from the show address racial issues. "Colored Spade", which introduces the character Hud, a militant black male, is a long list of racial slurs ("jungle bunny ... little black sambo") topped off with the declaration that Hud is the "president of the United States of love".Ragni, Gerome and James Rado (Lyricists), Galt MacDermot (Composer), and Lamont Washington (Vocalist). (1968). Hair [Audio Recording]. RCA Victor. Event occurs at Track 5, "Colored Spade". At the end of his song, he tells the tribe that the "boogie man" will get them, as the tribe pretends to be frightened. "Dead End", sung by black tribe members, is a list of street signs that symbolize black frustration and alienation. One of the tribe's protest chants is "What do we think is really great? To bomb, lynch and segregate!" "Black Boys/White Boys" is an exuberant acknowledgement of interracial sexual attraction;Ragni and Rado (Lyricists), MacDermot (Composer) (1968). Hair [Audio Recording]. RCA Victor. Event occurs at Track 25, "White Boys". the U.S. Supreme Court had struck down laws banning interracial marriage in 1967.Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1; 87 S. Ct. 1817; 18 L. Ed. 2d 1010; 1967 U.S. LEXIS 1082 Another of the tribe's protest chants is "Black, white, yellow, red. Copulate in a king-sized bed."
