I know all he knows, or any of the other white bosses who work our deep shafts.

Sometimes the white bosses didn't do it properly, either.

Told that the black workers, and not their white boss, would be negotiating, the militants left.

The song describes a black man dealing with the oppression of a white boss, and considering a possibly violent reaction.

If I didn't understand them, I'd ask the white boss in the field to explain.

And therein lies the rub, the black officers say: The white bosses often pick their buddies.

Her white boss in a previous job never got those looks, she said.

Brockway finally admits that he doesn't like the union because it is critical of the white bosses.

But we do not trust you not to obey your white bosses.

As any Negro would when a white boss bore down on him, this one was quick and ready to promise the moon.