American Skin (41 Shots)

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"American Skin (41 Shots)" is a Bruce Springsteen protest song addressing police brutality and racial profiling, inspired by the 1999 shooting of Amadou Diallo in New York City.

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American Skin (41 Shots) canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf protest song ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
associatedWith New York Police Department ⓘ
associatedWithMovement anti–police brutality movement ⓘ
catalogNumberContext Bruce Springsteen discography ⓘ
controversy criticized by some police organizations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describesEvent shooting of an unarmed man by police ⓘ
firstPerformedBy Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ⓘ
linked to: Bruce Springsteen
genre heartland rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasChorusLine "You can get killed just for living in your American skin" ⓘ
hasLiveRecording Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band live releases ⓘ
hasLyricsAbout Amadou Diallo ⓘ
mother warning her son about police ⓘ
hasPart refrain "41 shots" ⓘ
hasPerspective empathetic toward victims of police violence ⓘ
hasReception criticized as anti-police by some groups ⓘ
praised for its social commentary ⓘ
hasSubject African American experience with law enforcement ⓘ
hasTitleReference number of shots fired at Amadou Diallo ⓘ
inspiredBy Shooting of Amadou Diallo ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
racial profiling ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfEventDescribed New York City ⓘ
medium live performance ⓘ
narrativeFocus encounters between Black civilians and police ⓘ
fear of police violence ⓘ
notableLivePerformanceCity New York City ⓘ
notableLivePerformanceLocation Madison Square Garden ⓘ
partOf Bruce Springsteen live setlists ⓘ
performer Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ⓘ
linked to: E Street Band
recordedBy Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ⓘ
linked to: Bruce Springsteen
releaseContext post-1999 debates on police violence ⓘ
supportFrom civil rights advocates ⓘ
theme civil rights ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
racial profiling ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
systemic racism ⓘ
use of deadly force by police ⓘ
workType politically charged song ⓘ
writer Bruce Springsteen ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

High Hopes → hasTrack → American Skin (41 Shots) ⓘ
High Hopes → containsNewVersionOf → American Skin (41 Shots) ⓘ
The Essential Bruce Springsteen → hasTrack → American Skin (41 Shots) ⓘ