Random thoughts on race, "Three Dog Night" song "Black and White (From '14)

I played “Black and White” by Three Dog Night as soon as I got to my office today. It’s a good song, by a band that really doesn’t get their due as far as being  tuneful craftsman.



The song reached No. 1 in 1972 when many euphorically believed we were on the verge of an era when race issues no longer mattered.



It was written, I learned, in 1954 by David I. Arkin and Earl Robinson to