Which of these South Pacific songs was controversial when the show hit Broadway, as it was considered by some to be downright inappropriate for the musical stage?

The line that immediately precedes the song "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught" features a character saying racism is "not born in you! It happens after you’re born..." Because of its message of inclusion and understanding, it was thought to be a communist show, and that any "song justifying interracial marriage was implicitly a threat to the American way of life." Of course, Rodgers and Hammerstein fiercely stood by their work.

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