uspol (MLK)
stevie wonder writes to dr. king about "apartheid america" (my phrase, not his) getting no better in 40 years (since holiday created)
uspol (racism)
watching _i_am_not_your_negro_
(for the third time)
i am struck by the beauty of the black faces
and the exposure of the profound (hostile) emptiness at the center of (white (capitalist)) mainstream america
the 3 strands coming together in a tragic braid: medgar, malcolm, martin
finally:
doris day
v
ray charles
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why is it so good to read poetry
(if you read at all)
?
because being alive is not all prose
despite the horrors
(and the reasons for those horrors)
despite the many lives that have come before any of us
(and the learning that comes from knowing the details)
laying in bed
sound[s] from open window-
deep time
(only poetry)
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uspol (genetic testing)
on _finding_your_roots_ there was a particularly noteworthy revelation
via dna it was found that skip gates (a black man) is related to nora o'donnell (white woman)
(his father has an irish ancestor (prolly via rape but possibly not))
out of those mysts (maybe traumatic), we find two very different looking people actually are part of the same tree ...
i find this incredibly hopeful (in a weird way)
⬛⬜
usol (insurrection)
the last gasp of a dying (fascist) breed
or
a new (fascist) future
most likely neither
also, perhaps:
+ white on white fighting ((ex-)police/military battling each other)
+ armed encampments
+ hunger/disease widespread (already happening)
then again:
+ fizzled out
+ finger pointing
+ fools
🤦
another world (filled with calm and nurturing communities) is possible
sentema estaĵo