The fight is not only for creative freedom, but also for healing. The problems that plague the African-American community are deep, to say the least. And the responses need to be more nuanced. Broad strokes won’t work anymore. I wonder if anyone outside the Black community is listening?
…It’s hard to heal if you do not know, or cannot admit, that you are wounded: and if you are inclined to refer to your wounds, and the effects of your wounds (anger; drinking; criminality) as reasons for pride…
…It’s hard to heal if you do not know, or cannot admit, that you are wounded: and if you are inclined to refer to your wounds, and the effects of your wounds (anger; drinking; criminality) as reasons for pride…