Rogers And Hammerstein's South Pacific

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his thoughts,
tell him "It's not born in you."
It is at this point that Joe Cable begins singing "Carefully Taught," a
character song in which Joe is able to vent his frustrations and anger about his
own prejudices. The music is slightly upbeat, which helps to illustrate that by
singing this song, he is beginning to feel better. The words that Joe sing tell
the audience that he realizes that prejudices aren't born within someone, but
taught to them.

You've got to be taught to be afraid
Of people who's eyes are oddly made,
And people who's skin is a different shade –
You've got to be carefully taught!
…To HATE all the people your relatives hate –
You've got to be carefully taught! (II,iii)

Joe realizes that there would be no prejudices in the world if it nobody
were to teach it to the children. He sees that if nobody had even spoken
against other races or people that were different, he would have no problem ...

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