I agree with iheartthiswebsite's interpretation; it is a black man who absolutely adores and cherishes his white girlfriend, who feels the same. She loves him and will do anything for him, and the man shows the same devotion. However, the girl's father is biased to not approve of a black man marrying a white woman.
By "old-fashioned man", I'm assuming that the girl's father is more inclined to think that colored people are less than white people, a common belief in America's past and even here today in the present.
The part which triggers the interracial couple idea the most for me is when he sings, "Don't you know I'm human, too?"
Well... I don't see any other reason why the lyrics would mention it. The father thinks of him as lesser being due to his skin color (maybe alluding to the Three-Fifths Compromise, stating that one black person makes up 3/5 of a person to determine the number of representatives in Congress).
I'm not saying that this man IS ONLY AND CAN ONLY BE black, and the girl white. Thats
I agree with iheartthiswebsite's interpretation; it is a black man who absolutely adores and cherishes his white girlfriend, who feels the same. She loves him and will do anything for him, and the man shows the same devotion. However, the girl's father is biased to not approve of a black man marrying a white woman. By "old-fashioned man", I'm assuming that the girl's father is more inclined to think that colored people are less than white people, a common belief in America's past and even here today in the present. The part which triggers the interracial couple idea the most for me is when he sings, "Don't you know I'm human, too?" Well... I don't see any other reason why the lyrics would mention it. The father thinks of him as lesser being due to his skin color (maybe alluding to the Three-Fifths Compromise, stating that one black person makes up 3/5 of a person to determine the number of representatives in Congress).
I'm not saying that this man IS ONLY AND CAN ONLY BE black, and the girl white. Thats