Neither here nor there, but it is damn depressing to discover amazing people VIA their funeral announcements.
Links and links led me to the announcement of Sekou Sundiata's death on July 18th, 2007 (okay, actually I saw one post that said he died on July 17th, so...midnight?). Couldn't help but do some research, and the beauty of his poetry is astounding. Thought someone out there might like some Youtube links....
Poem Read on Bill Moyer Show
"Bring on the Reparations," as read on BET's Def Comedy Jam
Rest in peace.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Today I Realized
Okay, so I actually think of this all the time, I can't lie.
*I write "be," because frankly I'm not sure if it's being or just appearing this way. I don't idealize "being" a sweet and peace-loving person as such a transient state, and frankly, I have no idea how transient it would be were I not endowed with a knapsack chock-full, frankly, of privileges.
**See McIntosh, P. (1997). White privilege and male privilege: A personal account of coming to see correspondences through work in women’s studies. In Margaret L. Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins, (Eds.), Race, class, and gender (pp. 76-87). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Gosh, my privilege makes it a hell of a lot easier for me to "be"* saccharine and peaceful. Makes me think how much of a shithead I'd probably be if I didn't have the knapsack**.
*I write "be," because frankly I'm not sure if it's being or just appearing this way. I don't idealize "being" a sweet and peace-loving person as such a transient state, and frankly, I have no idea how transient it would be were I not endowed with a knapsack chock-full, frankly, of privileges.
**See McIntosh, P. (1997). White privilege and male privilege: A personal account of coming to see correspondences through work in women’s studies. In Margaret L. Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins, (Eds.), Race, class, and gender (pp. 76-87). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
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